Adjuvant

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·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.