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adjunct

adjunct

6 6.9
A thing added to help something but not essential
  • noun
  • /ˈædʒʌŋkt/
translation icon : complemento
  • Acetic acid irrigation is a useful adjunct to antibiotic drops in the chronically draining ear.
  • used as an adjunct
  • adjunct therapy
  • adjunct to treatment

These are, you might say, adjuncts to to the virtue of prudence.

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Examples

  • In conclusion, NLP can be a valuable adjunct to therapeutic interventions, business, and teaching.

    Academic text (2012)
  • So could nutrition have a role as an immune enhancing agent, have a role as adjunct therapy to ART?

  • We're setting up a small adjunct to the State Department.

  • The only sign of life comes from the public library, a cramped adjunct to the community hall.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Biological monitoring should be considered an important adjunct of environmental monitoring, providing an essential link to health effects monitoring.

    Academic text (1994)
  • I had been a part-time adjunct at John Jay since 1987, teaching courses in constitutional law and government.

    Academic text (2000)
  • What is the role of autologous fat grafting as an adjunct to breast reconstruction?

    Academic text (2015)
  • We recommend the use of octreotide infusion as an adjunct to endoscopic variceal ligation in the management of variceal hemorrhage.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Cartilage, usually tragal cartilage, is liberally employed as an adjunct to fascia tympanoplasty, regardless of whether there is a bony defect.

    Academic text (2001)
  • In most cases, therapeutic massage is used as an adjunct to mainstream medical treatment.

Synonyms

extra
vsadjunct
41 1.5

A special newspaper edition printed for a major event

is a more formal word for a nonessential added part
attachment
vsadjunct
26 3.4

A part you add to a machine to do a special job

is broader and applies to any supplementary thing, not only devices
accompaniment
vsadjunct
3 3.7

Something that goes with another thing to make it better

is a general nonessential addition rather than something meant to complement
additum
vsadjunct
  • Archaic
9.9

An extra thing attached to something else

is the common term used for the same supplementary item

Antonyms

537 1.9

Needed for something to work or succeed

468 3.2

The most important central part of something

How Essential

essential
50 2.4
component
447 3.4
adjunct
6 6.9
supplement
103 3.9
add-on
22 3.9
accessory
70 3.5

Surface Forms

adjunct singular
adjuncts plural

Etymology

Adjunct comes from Latin ad- 'to' and jungere 'to join', similar to the English word join. So an adjunct thing is something 'joined to' the main thing as a useful extra.