ribavirin

[ rahy-buh-vahy-rin ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a synthetic compound, C8H12N4O5, active against several DNA and RNA viruses.

Origin of ribavirin

1
1965–70; probably by shortening and alteration of ribofuranosyl, a component of its chemical name (see ribose, furan, -ose2, -yl) + vir(us) + -in2

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