antiretroviral
See also: antirétroviral
English
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Etymology
[edit]From anti- + retroviral.
Adjective
[edit]antiretroviral (comparative more antiretroviral, superlative most antiretroviral)
- (pharmacology) That combats infection by retroviruses.
- 2019 July 17, David Pilling, “Why George W Bush is Africa’s favourite US president”, in Financial Times:
- Begun in 2003 and covering some 50 countries, Pepfar has saved the lives of an estimated 13m people living with HIV-Aids, mostly in Africa, by providing them with antiretroviral drugs.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]fighting retrovirus
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Noun
[edit]antiretroviral (plural antiretrovirals)
- (medicine, pharmacology) An agent that combats retroviruses.
- 2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Inequality, research shows, [is why] we still see Aids-related deaths in an era when we have all the antiretrovirals, HIV prevention pills, vaginal rings, injections and harm-reduction plans needed to end the pandemic.
Translations
[edit]agent fighting retroviruses
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Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French antirétroviral.
Adjective
[edit]antiretroviral m or n (feminine singular antiretrovirală, masculine plural antiretrovirali, feminine and neuter plural antiretrovirale)
Declension
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | antiretroviral | antiretrovirală | antiretrovirali | antiretrovirale | |||
| definite | antiretroviralul | antiretrovirala | antiretroviralii | antiretroviralele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | antiretroviral | antiretrovirale | antiretrovirali | antiretrovirale | |||
| definite | antiretroviralului | antiretroviralei | antiretroviralilor | antiretroviralelor | ||||