"virostatic" meaning in English

See virostatic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more virostatic [comparative], most virostatic [superlative], virustatic [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English viro- Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English virostatic From viro- + static. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|viro-|static|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English viro- Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English virostatic [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "στᾰτῐκός", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "staticus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "static", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "virostatic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="virostatic"> From viro- + static. Head templates: {{en-adj}} virostatic (comparative more virostatic, superlative most virostatic)
  1. (medicine) Tending to inhibit viral replication. Synonyms: antiviral Translations (inhibiting viral replication): virostatický (Czech), virustatisch (German)
    Sense id: en-virostatic-en-adj-DhciDhn4 Categories (other): Medicine, English terms prefixed with viro- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with viro-: 55 45 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun

Forms: virostatics [plural], virustatic [alternative]
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  1. (medicine) A drug which inhibits viral replication. Related terms: cytostatic Translations (drug which inhibits viral replication): virostatikum [neuter] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-virostatic-en-noun-NCuRExcA Categories (other): Medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with viro-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with viro-: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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