anti-HIV

adjective

an·​ti-HIV
ˌan-tē-ˌāch-ˌī-ˈvē,
ˌan-tī- How to pronounce anti-HIV (audio)
medical
: acting, used, or effective against HIV infection
an anti-HIV agent
potential anti-HIV activity

Examples of anti-HIV in a Sentence

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Yet her death is a reminder of how critical the anti-HIV medications are. 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

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of anti-HIV was in 1987

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“Anti-HIV.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-HIV. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

anti-HIV

adjective
an·​ti-HIV -ˌā-ˌchī-ˈvē How to pronounce anti-HIV (audio)
: acting, used, or effective against HIV infection
an anti-HIV agent
anti-HIV activity
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