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Synonyms for adjuvant


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : aj-uh-vuh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈædʒ ə vənt

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Définition of adjuvant

  • As in auxiliary : adj supplementary
  • As in subordinate : adj lesser, supplementary
  • As in subservient : adj secondary, useful
  • As in subsidiary : adj secondary, helpful
  • As in supportive : adj auxiliary
  • As in collateral : adj indirect, secondary
  • As in concomitant : adj contributing, accompanying
  • As in ancillary : adj extra; supplementary
  • As in catalyst : noun something which incites activity
  • As in leavening : noun catalyst
Example sentences :
  • It is added to other medicines, either as a corrective, or adjuvant.
  • Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 4 [April 1902] » by Various
  • This tincture is reputed pectoral and expectorant; but it is chiefly used as an adjuvant in mixtures, on account of its flavour.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley
  • There is no scientific evidence that it has any value either alone or as an adjuvant to sandal oil.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Various
  • How the use of yeast as an adjuvant to otherwise inadequate food mixtures exerts its beneficial effect is not yet made clear.
  • Extract from : « The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 » by Various
  • Epinephrin, or pituitary extract, is used as an adjuvant intravenously to increase the cardiac movement after it has been started.
  • Extract from : « The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation » by Austin O'Malley
  • If the patients are bothering their relatives very much it may be necessary to give some opium as an adjuvant.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh

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