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ribavirins

ribavirins is the plural of ribavirin.

Meaning of ribavirin

Noun

ribavirin (countable and uncountable, plural ribavirins)

  1. 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.
    • 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...1988 August 13, Miranda Kolbe, “A PWA Movement of Guerrilla Clinics”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 5, page 8

Questions about ribavirins

What is ribavirins the plural of?
Ribavirins is the plural of ribavirin.

Words near ribavirins in the dictionary

  1. ribauld
  2. ribauldequin
  3. ribauldequins
  4. ribaulds
  5. ribavirin
  6. ribavirins
  7. ribband
  8. ribbandry
  9. ribbands
  10. ribbe
  11. ribbed

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