maraviroc

English

Molecular structure of maraviroc

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -viroc (“chemokine CC motif receptor 5 antagonist”).

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Noun

maraviroc (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A specific drug used in the treatment of HIV to inhibit viral entry into cells.
   • 2007 February 28, Lawrence K. Altman, “2 New Drugs Offer Options in H.I.V. Fight”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In two Phase 3 studies […] more than 40 percent of patients who received maraviroc had undetectable levels of virus after 24 weeks of a 48-week study.