adjuvant

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The Word of the Day for January 22 is:=20

adjuvant   \AJ-uh-vunt\   adjective
          1 : serving to aid or contribute : auxiliary=20
    *2 : assisting in the prevention, amelioration, or cure of disease=20=

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Example sentence:
          Dr. Browne and his research team are running a clinical trial =
to test the effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery.

Did you know?
          Things that are adjuvant rarely get top billing -- they're the=
 supporting players, not the stars. But that doesn't mean they're not im=
portant. An adjuvant medicine, for example, can have a powerful healing =
effect when teamed up with another medicine or curative treatment. "Adju=
vant" descends from the Latin verb "adjuvare" ("to aid"), which also gav=
e us our nouns "coadjutor" ("assistant") and "aid." These days, "adjuvan=
t" tends to turn up most often in medical contexts, but it can also be u=
sed in the general sense of "serving to aid." Likewise, the noun "adjuva=
nt" can mean "a drug or method that enhances the effectiveness of medica=
l treatment" or simply "one that helps or facilitates."





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