1.an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
2.relating to something that is added but is not essential;
an ancillary pump
3.enhancing the action of a medical treatment;
the adjuvant action of certain bacteria
adjuvant 中文名:佐劑 又稱非特異性免疫增生劑。本身不具抗原性,但同抗原一起或預先注射到機體內能增強免疫原性(見抗原)或改變免疫反應類型。種類很多,目前尚無統一的分類方法,常用的佐劑可分為4類:無機佐劑,如氫氧化鋁,明礬等;有機佐劑,微生物及其產物如分枝桿菌(結核桿菌、卡介苗)、短小桿菌、百日咳桿菌、內毒素、細菌提取物(胞壁酰二肽)等;合成佐劑,如人工合成的雙鏈多聚核苷酸(雙鏈多聚腺苷酸、尿苷酸)、