Definitions
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- adjective medicine Tending to inhibit viral
replication . - noun medicine A drug which inhibits viral replication.
Etymologies
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From viro- + static.
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Examples
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Repeated attempts had been made to cure the affected areas with topical antimycotic drugs, antibiotics, and virostatic agents.
Latest headlines from BMJ Mohrenschlager 2010
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Repeated attempts had been made to cure the affected areas with topical antimycotic drugs, antibiotics, and virostatic agents.
Latest headlines from BMJ Mohrenschlager, M., Engst, R., Ring, J. 2010
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ViroStatics has recently completed a Phase II multi-national clinical trial of its lead product, VS411 - a fixed combination of virostatic drugs believed to be the first in the new AV-HALT class of drugs.
unknown title 2009
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