antiviral
Adjective
Noun
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Any drug that destroys viruses (synset 102728292)
hypernym: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of diseasehyponym:
- ddc, dideoxycytosine, zalcitabine - an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection
- 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
synonym: antiviral agent, antiviral drug
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