- Medicine (of therapy) applied after initial treatment for cancer, especially to suppress secondary tumour formation【医】（疗法）辅助的。
- Medicine a substance which enhances the body's immune response to an antigen【医】免疫佐剂。
词源
late 16th cent.: from Latin adjuvant- 'helping towards'， from the verb adjuvare, from ad- 'towards' + juvare 'to help'.