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virostatic

virostatic adjective: tending to inhibit viral replication.

Adjective

virostatic (comparative more virostatic, superlative most virostatic)

  1. Tending to inhibit viral replication.
    Synonyms:
    antiviral

Noun

virostatic (plural virostatics)

  1. A drug which inhibits viral replication.

Synonyms of virostatic

Forms of virostatic

Adjective
comparativemore virostatic
superlativemost virostatic
alternative formvirustatic
Noun
pluralvirostatics

Origin of virostatic

From viro- + static.

Questions about virostatic

What does virostatic mean?
Virostatic means tending to inhibit viral replication.
What part of speech is virostatic?
Virostatic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near virostatic in the dictionary

  1. virosomally
  2. virosome
  3. virosomes
  4. virosphere
  5. virospheres
  6. virostatic
  7. virostatics
  8. virotherapeutic
  9. virotherapeutically
  10. virotherapeutics
  11. virotherapies

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