| NOUN | artifact | protease inhibitor, PI | an antiviral drug used against HIV |
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| Meaning | An antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs. | |
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| Synonym | PI | |
| Part of | drug cocktail, highly active antiretroviral therapy, HAART | A combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors |
| Narrower | indinavir, Crixivan | A protease inhibitor (trade name Crixivan) used for treating HIV |
| nelfinavir, Viracept | A protease inhibitor (trade name Viracept) used in treating HIV usually in combination with other drugs | |
| ritonavir, Norvir | A protease inhibitor (trade name Norvir) used in treating HIV | |
| saquinavir, Invirase | A weak protease inhibitor (trade name Invirase) used in treating HIV | |
| Broader | antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drug | Any drug that destroys viruses |
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