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Meaning of adjuvancy in English:

adjuvancy

Pronunciation /ˈadʒʊv(ə)nsi/

noun

Medicine

  • The capacity or effect of assisting something or someone; assistance, aid, help. In later use chiefly with reference to the action of adjuvant therapies or agents.

Origin

Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Brown (c1610–1679), Church of Scotland minister. From adjuvant see -ancy.