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Adjuvant vs Surfactant - What's the difference?

adjuvant | surfactant |

As nouns the difference between adjuvant and surfactant

is that adjuvant is someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper while surfactant is (chemistry) a surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail".

As an adjective adjuvant

is helping; helpful; assisting.

adjuvant

English

(wikipedia adjuvant)

Adjective

(head)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * ancillary, complementary, contributory, extra, supporting

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * accessory, assistant, attendant, satellite, secondary, subordinate, subservient, subsidiary.

    Related terms

    * adjutant * aid * aidance * aidant * aide

    External links

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    surfactant

    English

    (wikipedia surfactant)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail".
  • (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.