antiretroviral
/ (ˈæntɪˈrɛtrəʊˌvaɪrəl) /
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adjective
inhibiting the process by which a retrovirus replicates
noun
any retroviral drug: used to treat diseases caused by retroviruses, such as HIV
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How to use antiretroviral in a sentence
Now, antiretroviral drugs can help keep infected people healthy for many years, reducing the amount of virus in their bodies to levels too low to infect others.
The Liberian AIDS commission is now going door-to-door to administer antiretroviral medications to known patients.
What’s Worse Than Ebola in West Africa? Almost Everything|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEASTAnd then came the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART.
Medical definitions for antiretroviral
antiretroviral
[ ăn′tē-rĕt′rō-vī′rəs, ăn′tī- ]
adj.
Destroying or inhibiting the replication of retroviruses.
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