antiretroviral

From anti- +‎ retroviral.

antiretroviral (comparative more antiretroviral, superlative most antiretroviral)

1. (pharmacology) That combats infection by retroviruses.
   • 2019 July 17, David Pilling, “Why George W Bush is Africa’s favourite US president”, in Financial Times:

     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.

antiretroviral (plural antiretrovirals)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) An agent that combats retroviruses.
   • 2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     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.

Borrowed from French antirétroviral.

antiretroviral m or n (feminine singular antiretrovirală, masculine plural antiretrovirali, feminine and neuter plural antiretrovirale)

1. antiretroviral