Synonyms for antiviral
an·tivi·ral

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1. antiviral, antiviral agent, antiviral drugadjective

   any drug that destroys viruses

   Synonyms:
   antiviral drug, antiviral agent

2. antiviraladjective

   inhibiting or stopping the growth and reproduction of viruses

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1. List of paraphrases for "antiviral":

   anti-viral, antivirals, antiretroviral, anti-virus

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1. Maria Nagel:

   If she'd had cold sores, it would have been obvious, most people don't think of HSV-1 as the potential cause of burning mouth syndrome, so they don't test for it. But it's easily treatable with antiviral medication.

2. Daniel Griffin:

   More recently, The Results have come out -- it was a really landmark paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine -- showing that if you give remdesivir in the first five days, during the acute viral phase, before you wait for the door to close, you could prevent progression by almost 90 %. It was 87 % in that study. So remdesivir actually can be a very effective antiviral if you give it at the right time in the right patient, if we can extend this down to children and actually give it to them during the critical time when it can make the biggest difference, finally, we're really opening up more options, because these kids don't have a lot of options.

3. Lawrence Blatt:

   With the Novira acquisition we have the lead direct antiviral in the world for HBV, if we can in the same time we're giving direct antivirals and blocking( virus) replication, activate the immune system and wake it up, maybe we can cause patients to clear HBV.

4. Michael Charness:

   Anthony Fauci clinical course underscores how much we need to learn about the optimal dosing and duration of antiviral treatment of Omicron infections. We also know little about the best management of severe rebound infection.

5. Peter Jay Hotez:

   Unfortunately, we do not have good antiviral drugs for any of these [viruses]. That makes prevention even more important.