adjuvant therapy

noun

any secondary treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) given after the primary treatment (such as surgery) in order to remove residual microscopic disease

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Meanings

nounadjuvant therapy (countable and uncountable, plural adjuvant therapies)

plural adjuvant therapies

  1. countableuncountablemedicineany secondary treatment for cancer (such as chemotherapy) given after the primary treatment (such as surgery) in order to remove residual microscopic disease

Translations

Finnish adjuvanttihoito
  • adjuvanttihoitosecondary treatment
Portuguese terapia adjuvante, adjuvância
  • terapia adjuvantesecondary treatment
  • adjuvânciasecondary treatment
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APA

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MLA

“adjuvant therapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjuvant%20therapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adjuvant therapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adjuvant%20therapy.

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