adjuvants

[aj-uh-vuhnt]

ad·ju·vant

[aj-uh-vuhnt]
adjective
1.
serving to help or assist; auxiliary.
2.
Medicine/Medical. utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment following cancer surgery.
noun
3.
a person or thing that aids or helps.
4.
anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, especially a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.
5.
Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.

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Adjuvants is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin adjuvant- (stem of adjuvāns, present participle of adjuvāre), equivalent to ad- ad- + juv- (stem of juvāre to help) + -ant- -ant
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