FREUND'S ADJUVANT


Meaning of FREUND'S ADJUVANT in English

/froyndz/ , Immunol.

a water-in-oil emulsion injected with immunogen (Freund's incomplete adjuvant) or with immunogen and killed mycobacteria (Freund's complete adjuvant) to enhance the immune response to the immunogen.

[ 1945-50; after Jules Freund (1891-1960), Hungarian-born U.S. immunologist ]

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