ADJUNCT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adjunct mean? 

• ADJUNCT (noun)
  The noun ADJUNCT has 3 senses:

1. something added to another thing but not an essential part of it

2. a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

3. a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

  Familiarity information: ADJUNCT used as a noun is uncommon.

• ADJUNCT (adjective)
  The adjective ADJUNCT has 2 senses:

1. furnishing added support

2. of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

  Familiarity information: ADJUNCT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADJUNCT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something added to another thing but not an essential part of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("adjunct" is a kind of...):

inessential; nonessential (anything that is not essential)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjunct"):

accompaniment; complement (something added to complete or embellish or make perfect)

Derivation:

adjunct (furnishing added support)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is an assistant or subordinate to another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("adjunct" is a kind of...):

associate (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor)

Derivation:

adjunct (of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("adjunct" is a kind of...):

construction; expression; grammatical construction (a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adjunct"):

parenthetical; parenthetical expression (an expression in parentheses)

• ADJUNCT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Furnishing added support

Synonyms:

accessory; adjunct; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary

Context example:

The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other

Similar:

supportive (furnishing support or assistance)

Derivation:

adjunct (something added to another thing but not an essential part of it)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another

Synonyms:

adjunct; assistant

Similar:

low-level; subordinate (lower in rank or importance)

Derivation:

adjunct (a person who is an assistant or subordinate to another)

 Context examples 

This therapy must be used as major adjunct to "standard care" or be applied as alternative treatment to conventional medicine practices.

(Lifestyle Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Droperidol is a type of antiemetic, adjunct anesthesia, and antipsychotic.

(Droperidol, NCI Dictionary)

It is used in dentistry, cardiac surgery, endoscopic procedures, as preanesthetic medication, and as an adjunct to local anesthesia.

(Midazolam hydrochloride, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Similar to morphine, but more potent and without cough suppressant activity, it is used in treatment of moderate to severe pain, including obstetrical pain, or as an adjunct to anaesthesia.

(Oxymorphone, NCI Thesaurus)

Adjunct treatments of chemotherapy or radiation have not improved outcomes.

(Pericardial Malignant Mesothelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Diaphranography has been demonstrated to be a useful adjunct to mammography.

(Diaphranography, NCI Thesaurus)

This system provides both an independent immune system capable of attacking microbes as well as other foreign material and an adjunct to the antibody system.

(Complement Component Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

For tumors that overexpress CEA, technetium-99m labeled arcitumomab may be used as an adjunct diagnostic imaging tool to obtain prognostic information following resection and to monitor for recurrent disease.

(Arcitumomab, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbidopa is a peripheral dopa decarboxylase inhibitor that is used as an adjunct to levodopa administration to prevent peripheral biosynthesis of levodopa to dopamine, thereby reducing peripheral side effects.

(Carbidopa, NCI Thesaurus)

Carbidopa, a peripheral dopa decarboxylase inhibitor, is used as an adjunct with levodopa to prevent levodopa degradation to dopamine in extracerebral tissue, thereby decreasing the peripheral side effects of levodopa.

(Carbidopa Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)