Dictionary definition for: Adjuvant
1. (n) an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
2. (s) relating to something that is added but is not essential; "an ancillary pump" "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism" "The mind and emotions are auxilliary to each other"
3. (s) enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"
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