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What (who) is adjuvant - definition
AGENT THAT MODIFIES OR ENHANCES THE EFFECT OF OTHER AGENTS SUCH AS DRUGS OR VACCINES WHILE HAVING FEW IF ANY DIRECT EFFECTS WHEN GIVEN BY ITSELF
Adjuvants; Chemotherapy adjuvant; Chemotherapy, adjuvant; Radiotherapy, adjuvant; Pharmaceutic adjuvant; Adjuvant treatment; Adjuvants, anesthesia; Adjuvated; Adjuvanted
Adjuvant
·adj Helping; helpful; assisting.
II. Adjuvant ·noun An Assistant.
III. Adjuvant ·noun A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.
IV. Adjuvant ·noun A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.
V. Adjuvant ·noun An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
Adjuvant
In pharmacology, an adjuvant is a drug or other substance, or a combination of substances, that is used to increase the efficacy or potency of certain drugs. Specifically, the term can refer to:
Immunologic adjuvant
SUBSTANCES THAT AUGMENT, STIMULATE, ACTIVATE, POTENTIATE OR MODULATE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE
Adjuvants, immunologic; Vaccine adjuvant; Immunologic adjuvants; Immunoadjuvant; Immunological adjuvant; Immune adjuvant
In immunology, an adjuvant is a substance that increases or modulates the immune response to a vaccine. The word "adjuvant" comes from the Latin word adiuvare, meaning to help or aid.
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Adjuvant
In pharmacology, an adjuvant is a drug or other substance, or a combination of substances, that is used to increase the efficacy or potency of certain drugs. Specifically, the term can refer to:
- Adjuvant therapy in cancer management
- Analgesic adjuvant in pain management
- Immunologic adjuvant in vaccines
This is a specialized usage of a word (derived from the Latin verb "adjuvare", to help), which also has a more general meaning as someone or something assisting in any operation or effect.
Examples of use of adjuvant
1. "This H5 adenovirus vaccine is an egg–independent and adjuvant–independent strategy," said Sambhara.
2. Both drugs are given to women as adjuvant, or additional, therapy following surgery.
3. "This H5 adenovirus vaccine is an egg–independent and adjuvant–independent strategy," Sambhara said.
4. All test DNA vaccines were formulated with the company‘s VaxfectinTM adjuvant.
5. Sanofi in May reported good responses with a vaccine using a conventional adjuvant given at two doses of 30 micrograms.