ribavirin
/ˌɹaɪ.bəˈvaɪ.ɹɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A synthetic analog of guanosine with chemical formula C₈H₁₂N₄O₅ that inhibits viral nucleic acid synthesis and is used as a broad-spectrum antiviral drug especially in the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection and chronic hepatitis C.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Due to the paucity of approved treatments, it should come as no surprise that thousands of PWAs/PWARCs have found it necessary to try some of the more widely available alternative treatments. These include DNCB (a compound applied topically that has been used for Kaposi's sarcoma), ribavirin (an anti-viral treatment) and isoprinosene (an immune enhancer)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English rib(oside) English -a- English -vir- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English ribavirin From rib(oside) + -a- + -vir- (“antiviral”) + -in.
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Phrases
ribavirin diphosphate
ribavirin monophosphate
ribavirin triphosphate