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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Meanwhile, the administration’s freeze on foreign aid halted PEPFAR, a program that has, for more than 20 years, helped deliver HIV antiretroviral drugs to vulnerable populations around the world, and saved more than 25 million lives.
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Novel antiretroviral drugs introduced in 1996 offered medical scientists the hope of disease elimination through public health campaigns, centered on widespread testing and treatment, implemented in 2013.
—Powel H. Kazanjian, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
Physicians learned this week that between both programs there are enough antiretroviral drugs in Haiti to cover the three months of the Trump administration’s freeze.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
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.
—Dan Ruetenik, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2025
Novel antiretroviral drugs introduced in 1996 offered medical scientists the hope of disease elimination through public health campaigns, centered on widespread testing and treatment, implemented in 2013.
—Powel H. Kazanjian, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2025
Physicians learned this week that between both programs there are enough antiretroviral drugs in Haiti to cover the three months of the Trump administration’s freeze.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
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.
—Dan Ruetenik, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Antiretroviral.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antiretroviral. Accessed 21 Apr. 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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