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adjunct

[ad′jungkt]

Etymology: L, adjungere, to join

(in health care) an additional substance, treatment, or procedure used for increasing the efficacy or safety of the primary substance, treatment, or procedure or for facilitating its performance. adjunctive, adj.

adjunct [ad´junkt]

an accessory or auxiliary agent or measure.

adjunct (aj´ungkt),

n a drug or other substance that serves a supplemental purpose in therapy.

adjunct

Medtalk A thing joined or added to another thing but which is not an essential part thereof–eg, RT is an important adjunct to surgery and may represent appropriate adjuvant therapy

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