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n. an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment

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adj. enhancing the action of a medical treatment; "the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"

accessory, adjunct, ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary

adj. furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"

auxiliary, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary

adj. functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches"

attendant

adj. being present (at meeting or event etc.) "attendant members of the congreation"

secondary

adj. belonging to a lower class or rank

inferior

adj. of or characteristic of low rank or importance

subordinate, low-level

adj. lower in rank or importance

supplementary, supplemental

adj. added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes"

extra, additional

adj. further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra help"; "an extra pair of shoes"

accommodating

adj. obliging; willing to do favors; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

assistive

adj. giving assistance

face-saving

adj. maintaining dignity or prestige; "a face-saving compromise"

facilitative

adj. freeing from difficulty or impediment; "facilitative changes in the economic structure"

facilitatory

adj. inducing or aiding in facilitating neural activity

implemental, instrumental, subservient

adj. serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"

kind

adj. having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

laborsaving, laboursaving

adj. designed to replace or conserve human and especially manual labor; "laborsaving devices like washing machines"

ministrant

adj. giving practical help to; "a ministering angel"; "the angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"

reformative, reformatory

adj. tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment"

right-hand

adj. most helpful and reliable; "my right-hand man"

stabilizing, stabilising

adj. causing to become stable; "the family is one of the great stabilizing elements in society"

steadying

adj. causing to become steady; "had a steadying effect on her nerves"

certificatory

adj. serving to certify or endorse authoritatively

collateral, confirmative, confirming, confirmatory, corroborative, corroboratory, substantiating, substantiative, validating, validatory, verificatory, verifying

adj. serving to support or corroborate; "collateral evidence"

demonstrative of(p)

adj. serving to prove or demonstrate; "the oath of office is...demonstrative of the legislative opinion on this subject"- John Marshall

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