adjuvant

nouns

an additive that enhances the effectiveness of medical treatment
adjuvant
is a type of (narrower)
something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
additive

adjectives

furnishing added support
"an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other"
accessory, adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary
enhancing the action of a medical treatment
"the adjuvant action of certain bacteria"
adjuvant
is similar to
providing assistance or serving a useful function
helpful
domain category
the science or study of drugs: their preparation and properties and uses and effects
materia medica, pharmacological medicine, pharmacology