antiviral agent

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Noun

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antiviral agent - any drug that destroys viruses antiviral, 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