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ANTIVIRAL AGENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any drug that destroys viruses
Synonyms:
antiviral; antiviral agent; antiviral drug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("antiviral agent" is a kind of...):
medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiviral agent"):
DDC; dideoxycytosine; zalcitabine; 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)
PI; protease inhibitor (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)
Context examples:
In the event that graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) develops due to donor lymphocyte infusion, CD34/TK75-transduced donor lymphocytes may be selectively eliminated by administration of the prodrug antiviral agent ganciclovir GCV.
(CD34/TK75 Retroviral Vector-Transduced Donor Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
An antiviral agent with activity against herpes simplex viruses and other members of the herpes virus family.
(Phosphonoacetic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a type of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor and a type of antiviral agent.
(Efavirenz, NCI Dictionary)
A diacetyl 6-deoxy prodrug analog of the antiviral agent penciclovir.
(Famciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)
A hydrochloride salt form of famotine, an isoquinoline antiviral agent with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.
(Famotine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)
An isoquinoline antiviral agent with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.
(Famotine, NCI Thesaurus)
Antiviral agents that have a non-specific classification.
(Miscellaneous Antiviral Agent, NCI Thesaurus)
The phosphate salt of a fluorinated nucleotide antimetabolite analog of the antiviral agent vidarabine (ara-A) with antineoplastic activity.
(Fludarabine phosphate, NCI Thesaurus)
In EBV-related lymphomas, arginine butyrate induces EBV thymidine kinase transcription and may act synergistically with the antiviral agent ganciclovir to inhibit cell proliferation and decrease cell viability.
(Arginine butyrate, NCI Thesaurus)
A fluorinated nucleotide antimetabolite analog of the antiviral agent vidarabine (ara-A) with antineoplastic activity.
(Fludarabine, NCI Thesaurus)
