Word of the Day for Thursday, October 1, 2009
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adjuvant \AJ-uh-vuhnt\, adjective:
adjuvant \AJ-uh-vuhnt\, adjective:
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1. Serving to help or assist; auxiliary.
1. Serving to help or assist; auxiliary.
2. Assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease.
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noun:
noun:
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1. A person or thing that aids or helps.
2. Anything that aids in removing or preventing a disease, esp. a substance added to a prescription to aid the effect of the main ingredient.
3. Immunology. a substance admixed with an immunogen in order to elicit a more marked immune response.
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The B.O. needs some adjuvant mental therapy if he thinks that the majority of Americans are in favor of his socialist-Marxist agenda!
The B.O. needs some adjuvant mental therapy if he thinks that the majority of Americans are in favor of his socialist-Marxist agenda!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Adjuvant comes from Latin adiuvāns, adiuvant-, present participle of adiuvāre, to help.
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