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    ANTIVIRAL DRUG

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any drug that destroys virusesplay

    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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