direct-acting
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of direct-acting
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Hepatitis C, a slow-moving virus that can lead to liver cancer, cirrhosis and death, can now be cured in most cases with a few months of direct-acting antiviral medication.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2023
For clinicians, Low says, that moment can’t come soon enough: “The world has been searching for a direct-acting antiviral drug for decades.”
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 6, 2021
Just as Muller's HIV work was being published, a new hepatitis C treatment known as direct-acting antivirals hit the market.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2020
Two participants in one of Sise’s trials weren’t cured after a single course of direct-acting antivirals, Sise acknowledged, though both were cured after a subsequent course.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 17, 2020
The direct-acting pumps have all the advantage of compactness and the disadvantage of being the most Page 141 inefficient of pumping machines used in mining.
From Principles of Mining Valuation, Organization and Administration by Hoover, Herbert
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