antiretroviral
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.61 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That combats infection by retroviruses.
noun
An agent that combats retroviruses.
Example Sentences
- "Begun in 2003 and covering some 50 countries, Pepfar has saved the lives of an estimated 13m people living with HIV-Aids, mostly in Africa, by providing them with antiretroviral drugs."
- "Inequality, research shows, [is why] we still see Aids-related deaths in an era when we have all the antiretrovirals, HIV prevention pills, vaginal rings, injections and harm-reduction plans needed to end the pandemic."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *weys- Proto-Indo-European *wisós Proto-Italic *weizos Latin vīrusbor. Middle English virus English virus English -al English viral English retroviral English antiretroviral From anti- + retroviral.