Adjunct vs. Adjuvant

Something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position.

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.

A person associated with another in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity.

A treatment that enhances an existing medical regimen, as a pharmacological agent added to a drug to increase or aid its effect.

(Grammar) A clause or phrase added to a sentence that, while not essential to the sentence's structure, amplifies its meaning, such as for several hours in We waited for several hours.

An immunological agent that increases the antigenic response.

(Logic) A nonessential attribute of a thing.

Contributing to or enhancing an existing medical regimen

Added or connected in a subordinate or auxiliary capacity

or ad·ju·vant·ed (ăjə-vən-tĭd) Containing an adjuvant

Attached to a faculty or staff in a temporary or auxiliary capacity

Helping; helpful; assisting. from 16th c.

An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.

(medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. from 19th c.

A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.

Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. from 16th c.

(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.

(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. from 18th c.

A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.

(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. from 19th c.

(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.

(agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. from mid 20th c.

(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning.

(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. from 20th c.

A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.

A substance added to an immunogenic agent to enhance the production of antibodies.

(rhetoric) Symploce.

A substance added to a formulation of a drug which enhances the effect of the active ingredient.

(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.

An assistant.

Connected in a subordinate function.

An ingredient, in a prescription, which aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.

Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.

Helping; helpful; assisting.

Conjoined; attending; consequent.

an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

Something joined or added to another thing, but not essentially a part of it.

relating to something that is added but is not essential;

A person joined to another in some duty or service; a colleague; an associate.

enhancing the action of a medical treatment;

A word or words added to quality or amplify the force of other words; as, the History of the American Revolution, where the words in italics are the adjunct or adjuncts of "History."

A quality or property of the body or the mind, whether natural or acquired; as, color, in the body, judgment in the mind.

something added to another thing but not an essential part of it

a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

a construction that is part of a sentence but not essential to its meaning and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical

relating to something that is added but is not essential;

of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another