antiviral drug
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3.7
- noun
- /ˌæntiˈvaɪrəl drʌg/
- Specialized
:
medicamento antiviral
- The antiviral drugs tested included FDA-approved medications and investigational antiviral agents.
- pharmacies dispense antiviral drugs
- dispense antiviral drugs
- antiviral drug access
Well, again, let's talk about this new antiviral drug called molnupiravir.
- Well, again, let's talk about this new antiviral drug called molnupiravir.
- There are existing antiviral drugs that could work.
- Good news is that if you do get COVID and you get it badly and you get a hospital, the drugs that are available, the antiviral drugs are still going to work.
- And some people started working on antiviral drugs.
- And Mark May have much better insight into the use of antiviral drugs than I do.
Examples
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Research is ongoing to develop an antiviral drug that effectively targets the influenza virus.
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Animal models have been used to evaluate antiviral drugs.
Academic text (1994) -
The control group consisted of 270 mothers who did not receive any antiviral drugs.
Blog text (2) -
Influenza outbreaks are difficult to control without the use of vaccines and antiviral drugs.
Academic text (2015) -
At the CDC's recommendation, everyone on the project begins taking rimantadine, an antiviral drug.
Academic text (1998) -
Further, Lassa can be cured with proper use of the antiviral drug ribavirin.
Academic text (1998) -
During future pandemics, timely and effective deployment of antiviral drugs from the SNS and state cache might be essential for reducing early illness and death (19).
Academic text (2015) -
The doctor prescribed an antiviral drug to help treat the patient's viral infection.
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Many people rely on antiviral drugs to manage their symptoms during a viral outbreak.
Synonyms
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3.8
A medicine that stops viruses from growing or making more copies
1
3.5
A substance like a medicine that stops a virus growing or kills it
How Effective
- Specialized
4
3.7
8
2.0
8
3.3
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is fully compositional: 'antiviral' means virus-blocking and 'drug' means a medicine, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it is a medicine that treats or inhibits viruses. The ADJ+NOUN structure is a regular, cross-linguistically common composition and there is no idiomatic shift, making the meaning transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Antiviral drug comes from anti meaning 'against' and viral meaning 'virus'. Think of the drug as tiny soldiers that stop viruses from making more copies, so the phrase means 'a medicine that stops or slows a virus'.