ANTIVIRAL AGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does antiviral agent mean? 

• ANTIVIRAL AGENT (noun)
  The noun ANTIVIRAL AGENT has 1 sense:

1. any drug that destroys viruses

  Familiarity information: ANTIVIRAL AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIVIRAL AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any drug that destroys viruses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

antiviral; antiviral agent; antiviral drug

Hypernyms ("antiviral agent" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "antiviral agent"):

DDC; dideoxycytosine; zalcitabine; DDI; didanosine; dideoxyinosine (an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection)

interferon (an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus)

PI; protease inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs)

reverse transcriptase inhibitor (an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV)

ribavirin; Virazole (an inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections)

 Context examples 

An antiviral agent used to prevent or treat cytomegalovirus infections that may occur when the body's immune system is suppressed.

(Ganciclovir, NCI Dictionary)

It is a type of antiviral agent.

(Foscarnet sodium, NCI Dictionary)

Amantidine hydrochloride is a type of antiviral agent.

(Amantadine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

Upon oral administration, hexadecyloxypropyl-cidofovir crosses the intestinal wall and penetrates target viral-infected cells before being cleaved to the free antiviral agent cidofovir.

(Hexadecyloxypropyl Cidofovir, NCI Thesaurus)

To control graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) due to donor lymphocyte infusion, HSV-TK-transduced donor lymphocytes are selectively eliminated by administration of the antiviral agent ganciclovir.

(HSV-TK-Transduced Donor Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Unlike other antiviral agents, it acts by modifying or stimulating cell-mediated immune processes rather than acting on the virus directly.

(Inosine Pranobex, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A synthetic antiviral agent that selectively binds to and inhibits human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease.

(Nelfinavir, NCI Thesaurus)

The mesylate salt form of nelfinavir, a synthetic antiviral agent that selectively binds to and inhibits human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease.

(Nelfinavir mesylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Although not considered essential nutrients, some flavonoids may be beneficial to health by strengthening and protecting blood vessels and connective tissue and acting as anti-inflammatory, antihistaminic, and antiviral agents.

(Flavonoid, NCI Thesaurus)

A broad spectrum antiviral agent with a largely non-specific and complex mode of antiviral action.

(Cicloxolone, NCI Thesaurus)