Adjuvant vs Additive - What's the difference?
adjuvant | additive |
Helping; helpful; assisting.
*2010 , (Siddhartha Mukherjee), The Emperor of all Maladies , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 219:
*:Adjuvant chemotherapy, Carbone conjectured, could be the surgeon's little helper.
Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper.
(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment.
(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient.
(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen.
(mathematics) Pertaining to addition; that can be, or has been, added.
over addition.
(algebra) Having addition as an operator.
(chemistry) Pertaining to chemical addition.
(genetics) Describing genes (or the interaction etc. of such genes) which govern the same trait and whose effects work together on the phenotype.
A substance added to another substance or product for its ability to alter its properties.
(grammar) A word or phrase that adds something, such as also'', ''even'', or ''nor .
As nouns the difference between adjuvant and additive
is that adjuvant is someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper while additive is .As an adjective adjuvant
is helping; helpful; assisting.adjuvant
English
(wikipedia adjuvant)Adjective
(head)Synonyms
* ancillary, complementary, contributory, extra, supportingNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* accessory, assistant, attendant, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary.External links
* * * ----additive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Matrix multiplication is additive in that .
- It is natural to look at a finite cyclic group as an additive group.
Antonyms
* subtractiveDerived terms
* additive function * additive inverse * additive identity * additive group * additive colorNoun
(en noun)- Oil may be used as an additive in gasoline to improve the lubrication of a small engine.