adjuvant vs vital

adjuvant

noun
  • Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. 

  • A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. 

  • Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. 

  • An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. 

  • An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. 

adj
  • Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. 

  • Helping; helpful; assisting. 

vital

adj
  • Invigorating or life-giving. 

  • Very important. 

  • Containing life; living. 

  • Necessary to continued existence. 

  • Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends. 

  • Capable of living; in a state to live; viable. 

  • Relating to the recording of life events. 

  • Relating to, or characteristic of life. 

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