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Freund's adjuvant

  [froindz]
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–noun Immunology.
a water-in-oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund's incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund's complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen.
Origin:
1945–50; after Jules Freund (1891–1960), Hungarian-born U.S. immunologist
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Main Entry: Freund's adjuvant
Pronunciation: 'froin(d)z-, 'froin(t)s-
Function: noun
: any of several oil and water emulsions that contain antigens and areused to stimulate antibody production in experimental animals
Freund /'froind/, Jules Thomas (1890–1960), American immunologist. Freund was a pioneer inimmunological research who developed basic laboratory methods that are now standard. He is known above all for his work on adjuvants that enhance the effectiveness of vaccines. In a 1944 article hediscussed such adjuvants as paraffin oil, lanolin-like substances, and killed tubercle bacilli. Other areas of his research were the mechanisms of allergy, antibody formation, toxin-antitoxin reaction,tuberculosis, poliomyelitis, and malaria.
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Freund's adjuvant (froindz)
n.
A substance consisting of killed microorganisms, such as mycobacteria, in an oil and water emulsion that is administered to induce and enhance the formation of antibodies.

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