ribavirin
noun
ri·ba·vi·rin
ˌrī-bə-ˈvī-rən 
: a synthetic broad-spectrum antiviral nucleoside C8H12N4O5
Examples of ribavirin in a Sentence
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He was prescribed a drug cocktail, a combination of interferon and ribavirin, that proved ineffective and gave him severe side effects.
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Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 29 June 2023
Interferon 1-b has generally been used to treat multiple sclerosis in the past, while lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin have been used to treat HIV and hepatitis C, respectively.
—Fox News, 11 May 2020
Previous research has found that a combination of lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin significantly reduced respiratory failure and death in patients with another coronavirus, the SARS virus.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 8 May 2020
Other were randomly assigned to get the lopinavir-ritonavir combination plus the antiviral drug ribavirin and injections of beta interferon.
—Maggie Fox, CNN, 8 May 2020
Orders for antibiotics like azithromycin and antiviral medicines like ribavirin nearly tripled.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Domingo and Vignuzzi pointed out that the popular antiviral medication ribavirin pushes viruses to develop a swarm that is so big and so full of mutations that the resulting viral potluck is missing vital components.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2015
Nor is everyone convinced that ribavirin works in Lassa fever, as the only data come from the 1980s, Augier says.
—Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2018
For now, the only treatment is a nonspecific antiviral drug, ribavirin.
—Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2018
Abdullahi Tsanni, STAT, 29 June 2023
Interferon 1-b has generally been used to treat multiple sclerosis in the past, while lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin have been used to treat HIV and hepatitis C, respectively.
—Fox News, 11 May 2020
Previous research has found that a combination of lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin significantly reduced respiratory failure and death in patients with another coronavirus, the SARS virus.
—Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 8 May 2020
Other were randomly assigned to get the lopinavir-ritonavir combination plus the antiviral drug ribavirin and injections of beta interferon.
—Maggie Fox, CNN, 8 May 2020
Orders for antibiotics like azithromycin and antiviral medicines like ribavirin nearly tripled.
—Knvul Sheikh, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
Domingo and Vignuzzi pointed out that the popular antiviral medication ribavirin pushes viruses to develop a swarm that is so big and so full of mutations that the resulting viral potluck is missing vital components.
—Quanta Magazine, 25 Aug. 2015
Nor is everyone convinced that ribavirin works in Lassa fever, as the only data come from the 1980s, Augier says.
—Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2018
For now, the only treatment is a nonspecific antiviral drug, ribavirin.
—Leslie Roberts, Science | AAAS, 12 Mar. 2018
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Word History
Etymology
perhaps from ribonucleic acid + virus + -in entry 1
First Known Use
1974, in the meaning defined above
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ribavirin
noun
ri·ba·vi·rin
ˌrī-bə-ˈvī-rən
: a synthetic broad-spectrum antiviral drug C8H12N4O5 that is a nucleoside resembling guanosine
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