anti-HIV
adjective
an·ti-HIV
ˌan-tē-ˌāch-ˌī-ˈvē 
ˌan-tī-
ˌan-tī-
medical
: acting, used, or effective against HIV infection
an anti-HIV agent
potential anti-HIV activity
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Yet her death is a reminder of how critical the anti-HIV medications are.
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Viola Kosome, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Republicans are at odds over whether to claw back funding for an anti-HIV program as part of the GOP’s effort to pass legislation codifying DOGE cuts.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 June 2025
Landmark studies in South Africa have, for example, shown that anti-HIV drugs taken by breastfeeding mothers reduce the risk of transmission to their babies and demonstrated the power of long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV that was Science’s Breakthrough of the Year in 2024.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 22 Mar. 2025
The Office of Dietary Supplements notes that vitamin K can reduce the ability of some blood thinners to prevent clotting, while St. John’s wort can reduce the effectiveness of medicines like birth control pills, antidepressants, and heart and anti-HIV medicines.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The United States’ brawl with Gilead Sciences over ownership of an anti-HIV regimen will go to trial Tuesday, marking one of the government’s most muscular efforts to enforce its patents against a major drugmaker in recent years.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
The plaintiffs, who object to HHS’s decision to require insurers to cover an anti-HIV medication, raised a broad range of legal challenges to these three bodies.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Viola Kosome, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Republicans are at odds over whether to claw back funding for an anti-HIV program as part of the GOP’s effort to pass legislation codifying DOGE cuts.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 June 2025
Landmark studies in South Africa have, for example, shown that anti-HIV drugs taken by breastfeeding mothers reduce the risk of transmission to their babies and demonstrated the power of long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV that was Science’s Breakthrough of the Year in 2024.
—Byjon Cohen, science.org, 22 Mar. 2025
The Office of Dietary Supplements notes that vitamin K can reduce the ability of some blood thinners to prevent clotting, while St. John’s wort can reduce the effectiveness of medicines like birth control pills, antidepressants, and heart and anti-HIV medicines.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024
The United States’ brawl with Gilead Sciences over ownership of an anti-HIV regimen will go to trial Tuesday, marking one of the government’s most muscular efforts to enforce its patents against a major drugmaker in recent years.
—Daniel Gilbert, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
The plaintiffs, who object to HHS’s decision to require insurers to cover an anti-HIV medication, raised a broad range of legal challenges to these three bodies.
—Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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anti-HIV
adjective
an·ti-HIV
-ˌā-ˌchī-ˈvē
: acting, used, or effective against HIV infection
an anti-HIV agent
anti-HIV activity
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