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  • 51Immunologic adjuvant — In immunology, an adjuvant is an agent that may stimulate the immune system and increase the response to a vaccine, without having any specific antigenic effect in itself. [ [http://www.cancer.gov/templates/db alpha.aspx?CdrID=43987 Definition of …

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  • 52Freund's adjuvant — is an antigen solution emulsified in mineral oil, used as an immunopotentiator (booster of the immune system). FormsThe so called complete form (CFA) is composed of inactivated and dried mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis (the… …

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  • 53Pharmaceutic adjuvant — In pharmacology, adjuvants are drugs that have few or no pharmacological effects by themselves, but may increase the efficacy or potency of other drugs when given at the same time.For instance, caffeine has minimal analgesic effect on its own,… …

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  • 54Agricultural spray adjuvant — The Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD) defines an adjuvant as a substance other than water which is not in itself a pesticide but which enhances or is intended to enhance the effectiveness of the pesticide with which it is used. Adjuvants for… …

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  • 55freund's adjuvant — ˈfrȯin(d)z noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: after Jules T. Freund b1890 American immunologist : any of various substances (as lanolin, paraffin oil, or killed tubercle bacilli) added to an antigen to enhance its antigenicity * * *… …

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  • 56Freund's adjuvant — A water in oil emulsion used experimentally for stimulating a vigorous immune response to an antigen (that is in the aqueous phase). Complete Freund s adjuvant contains heat killed tubercle bacilli; these are omitted from Freund s incomplete… …

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  • 57Freund's adjuvant — /froyndz/, Immunol. a water in oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund s incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund s complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen. [1945 50; after Jules… …

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  • 58Therapy, adjuvant — Treatment that is given in addition to the primary (initial) treatment. Adjuvant treatment is an addition to the primary treatment and is designed to help reach the ultimate goal. Adjuvant therapy for cancer usually refers to surgery followed by… …

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  • 59Freund adjuvant — Freund adjuvant. См. адъювант Фрейнда. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …

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  • 60Chemotherapy, adjuvant — Chemotherapy (drug therapy) that is given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the toxic drugs are more effective after the main tumor has been removed and any cancer that remains is in very small amounts… …

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