antiretroviral drug

antiretroviral drug
= ARV
any of a group of drugs that inhibit or slow the growth of retroviruses, specifically HIV, and are used in the treatment of HIV infection and AIDS. They include the reverse transcriptase inhibitors and the protease inhibitors.

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