Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Destroying or inhibiting the replication of retroviruses.
- noun An antiretroviral drug.
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- adjective That combats
infection byretroviruses - noun medicine, pharmacology An agent that combats retroviruses.
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Examples
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The provision of preventative short-term antiretroviral treatment (post-exposure prophylaxis) to survivors of sexual assault had increased dramatically in the past year.
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(Whether it is exclusive breast feeing, infant formula or can mothers mix feed?) * Would the intervention to reduce mother to child transmission negatively affect long-term antiretroviral treatment of the mothers and babies when they progress to a stage when this treatment may be needed?
ANC Today 2004
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Would the intervention to reduce mother to child transmission negatively affect long-term antiretroviral treatment of the mothers and babies when they progress to a stage when this treatment may be needed?
ANC Today 2004
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He alleges that Achmat has played a "direct criminal role in the deaths of thousands of South Africans from poisoning from so-called antiretroviral drugs".
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This treatment is called antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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This treatment is called antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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AIDS drugs known as antiretroviral treatment (ART) remains relatively low in eastern Europe and Central Asia, with only 23 percent of adults who need them getting them.
www.kyivpost.com 2010
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This treatment is called antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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This treatment is called antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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This treatment is called antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.
WN.com - Articles related to India eyeing Africa, Latin America for exports: Scindia 2010
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