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ANTIVIRAL DRUG
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any drug that destroys viruses
Synonyms:
antiviral; antiviral agent; antiviral drug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("antiviral drug" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiviral drug"):
DDC; dideoxycytosine; zalcitabine; DDI; didanosine; dideoxyinosine (an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection)
interferon (an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus)
PI; protease inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs)
reverse transcriptase inhibitor (an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV)
ribavirin; Virazole (an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections)
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