antiretroviral

Speech parts

1. antiretroviral - Noun

2. antiretroviral - Adjective

Meaning

antiretroviral (comparative more antiretroviral, superlative most antiretroviral)

(pharmacology) That combats infection by retroviruses

antiretroviral (plural antiretrovirals)

(medicine, pharmacology) An agent that combats retroviruses.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

HAART pi retrovirus protease inhibitor NRTI NNRTI pharmacological

Phrases with the word

antiretroviral therapy antiretroviral drug combination antiretroviral therapy highly active antiretroviral treatment active antiretroviral therapy aggressive antiretroviral therapy

Examples

According to Quincy Troupe by that time Davis was taking azidothymidine (AZT), a type of antiretroviral drug used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Source: Internet

AIDS activists, particularly the Treatment Action Campaign and its allies, thought that the law was intended to support a cheap antiretroviral drugs programme and applauded Mbeki's government. Source: Internet

“AZD5582 was remarkable in its ability to reactivate latent SIV from resting CD4+ T cells, and to induce continued virus production in the blood when monkeys were still receiving daily antiretroviral therapy,” she said. Source: Internet

Due to the high costs associated with HIV medications, many patients are not able to begin antiretroviral treatment without Medicaid help. Source: Internet

As stated in the bill, people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral treatment now have a life expectancy of 70 to 78 years or more, compared to a life expectancy of 39 years in 1996. Source: Internet

About three-quarters of HIV-positive veterans were receiving treatment with antiretroviral therapy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

antiretaliatory antireticular antiretinal antiretroviral cocktails antiretroviral combination therapy antiretroviral drug