antiretroviral
adjective
an·ti·re·tro·vi·ral
ˌan-tē-ˈre-trō-ˌvī-rəl 
ˌan-tī-
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses
antiretroviral drugs
antiretroviral therapy
antiretroviral
noun
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Programs like that have the potential to significantly lower costs for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR, which provides antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV and AIDS and had been given a limited waiver to continue to operate at the end of January.
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Dan Ruetenik, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
That waiver ostensibly meant that pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP — the antiretroviral drug that prevents the transmission of HIV — would be distributed through PEPFAR.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
Introduced by the administration of President George W. Bush, PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives from AIDS, helped provide 20 million people with HIV antiretroviral treatment and resulted in the birth of 5.5 million HIV-free babies to HIV-positive mothers.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
The 40 newborns who are now contracting HIV every single day in Uganda since the US has stopped funding antiretroviral drugs will have a lifetime to thank you.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
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Dan Ruetenik, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
That waiver ostensibly meant that pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP — the antiretroviral drug that prevents the transmission of HIV — would be distributed through PEPFAR.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
Introduced by the administration of President George W. Bush, PEPFAR has saved 25 million lives from AIDS, helped provide 20 million people with HIV antiretroviral treatment and resulted in the birth of 5.5 million HIV-free babies to HIV-positive mothers.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025
The 40 newborns who are now contracting HIV every single day in Uganda since the US has stopped funding antiretroviral drugs will have a lifetime to thank you.
—Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for antiretroviral
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“Antiretroviral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiretroviral. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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antiretroviral
1 of 2 adjective
an·ti·ret·ro·vi·ral
-ˈre-trō-ˌvī-rəl
variants
also
: acting, used, or effective against retroviruses
All four drugs, which inhibit HIV protease and thus interfere with viral maturation and replication, are the most potent antiretroviral agents available to treat patients with HIV disease.—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Associationantiretroviral therapy
see highly active antiretroviral therapy
antiretroviral
2 of 2 noun
variants
also
: an agent effective against retroviruses
Current anti-HIV drugs, or antiretrovirals, bind to specific HIV enzymes and impede their activity.—Douglas D. Richman, Scientific American
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