Anti-viral

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adj.

1. Destroying or inhibiting the growth and reproduction of viruses.

2. Computer Science

a. Of or relating to an antivirus.

b. Eliminating or inhibiting the effectiveness of viruses.

anti·viral n.

antiviral [ˌæntɪˈvaɪrəl]

adj

(Medicine) inhibiting the growth of viruses

(Medicine / Pharmacology) any antiviral drug: used to treat diseases caused by viruses, such as herpes infections and AIDS

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Noun	1.	antiviral - any drug that destroys viruses antiviral agent, antiviral drug DDC, dideoxycytosine, zalcitabine - an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection DDI, didanosine, dideoxyinosine - an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection interferon - an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease protease inhibitor, PI - an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs 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
Adj.	1.	antiviral - inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses

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alpha-interferon
antiviral agent
antiviral drug
beta-interferon
DDC
DDI
didanosine
dideoxycytosine
dideoxyinosine
drug cocktail
interferon
medicament
medication
medicinal drug
NRTI
nucleoside analogue
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
PI
protease inhibitor

In September, the WHO said that anti-viral drugs like Tamiflu should not be used to prevent swine flu, as this practice had caused almost half of the known cases of drug resistance.

Netherlands reports first drug-resistant swine flu case by AFP / AFP Global Edition

In the past decade, computer hackers have gotten much more sophisticated in their predatory efforts to steal your identity Despite spending millions of dollars on anti-viral software applications, even large corporations are repeatedly being hit by viruses that are hard to combat In the past decade, computer hackers have gotten much more sophisticated in their predatory efforts to steal your identity.

System Security Virus the Latest Cyber Threat by Amy Nutt. / Computers and Internet community

Nigel Smith, NHS West Midlands spokesman, said the number of anti-viral collection points across the West Midlands could be increased if necessary.

Swine flu calls to GPs double by Birmingham Mail (England)

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