| NOUN | artifact | antiviral drug, antiviral, antiviral agent | any drug that destroys viruses |
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| Meaning | Any drug that destroys viruses. | |
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| Synonyms | antiviral, antiviral agent | |
| Narrower | dideoxycytosine, ddC, DDC, zalcitabine | An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection |
| dideoxyinosine, ddI, DDI, didanosine | An antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection | |
| interferon | An antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus | |
| protease inhibitor, PI | An antiviral drug used against HIV | |
| 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 | |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| Spanish | antiviral | |
| Catalan | antiviral, antivíric | |
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