Definition of antiretroviral
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses antiretroviral drugs antiretroviral therapy
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Antiretroviral drugs used to prevent pregnant mother-to-child HIV transmission may cause genetic damage, say two studies published in the latest issue of Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.
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First Known Use of antiretroviral
1979
Medical Dictionary
anti–retroviral
Medical Definition of antiretroviral
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses All four drugs, which inhibit HIV protease and thus interfere with viral maturation and replication, are the most potent antiretroviral agents available to treat patients with HIV disease.—The Journal of the American Medical Association, 20 Nov. 1996 antiretroviral therapy—see highly active antiretroviral therapy
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Medical Definition of antiretroviral
: an agent effective against retroviruses Current anti-HIV drugs, or antiretrovirals, bind to specific HIV enzymes and impede their activity.—Douglas D. Richman, Scientific American, July 1998
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