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adjuvant
 
SYLLABICATION:ad·ju·vant
PRONUNCIATION:  j-vnt
NOUN:1. A pharmacological agent added to a drug to increase or aid its effect. 2. An immunological agent that increases the antigenic response.
ETYMOLOGY:From Latin adiuvns, adiuvant-, present participle of adiuvre, to help. See aid.
 
 
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