neoadjuvant

[ nee-oh-aj-uh-vuhnt ]

/ ˌni oʊˈædʒ ə vənt /

adjective Medicine/Medical.

utilizing drugs, radiation therapy, or other means of supplemental treatment before cancer surgery or other primary cancer treatment: Her neoadjuvant therapy included hormones and chemo, which shrank the tumor prior to its surgical removal.

Nearby words

neo-pentecostal,
neo-platonism,
neo-pythagoreanism,
neo-scholasticism,
neo-synephrine,
neoanthropic,
neoantigen,
neoarsphenamine,
neoarthrosis,
neoblastic

Compare adjuvant.

Origin of neoadjuvant

First recorded in 1980–85; neo- + adjuvant