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Ribavirin

Definition: Ribavirin

Ribavirin

Noun

1. An inhaled antiviral agent (trade name Virazole) that may be used to treat serious virus infections.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Ribavirin" is a common misspelling or typo for: Repairing.


Specialty Definitions: Ribavirin

DomainDefinitions

Health

1-beta-D-Ribofuranosyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-carboxamide. A nucleoside antimetabolite antiviral agent that blocks nucleic acid synthesis and is used against both RNA and DNA viruses. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Ribavirin

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ribavirin is an anti-viral drug active against a number of DNA and RNA viruses.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ribavirin."

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Synonym: Ribavirin

Synonym: Virazole (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Ribavirin

DomainTitle

Books

  • Clinical Applications of Ribavirin (reference)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Ribavirin

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Health

Ribavirin, an antiviral drug, has been used with success in Lassa fever patients. (references)

Ribavirin aerosol may be used in the treatment of some patients with severe disease. (references)

Hepatitis C is treated with a drug called interferon alone or in combination with the drug ribavirin. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ribavirin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  ribavirin

76

  ribavirin interferon

7

  combo interferon ribavirin

5

  ribavirin side effects

4

  pegasys ribavirin

3

  ribavirin sars

2

  pegasus ribavirin

2

  interferon pegasys ribavirin

2

  interferon pegasus ribavirin

2

  herpes ribavirin

2
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Modern Translations: Ribavirin

Language Translations for "ribavirin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ribavirin. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ribavirine, ribavirin, tribavirine. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ribaviriini. (various references)

   

French

  

ribavirine. (various references)

   

German

  

Ribavirin. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ριμπαβιρίνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ribavirina. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ibavirinray

   

Portuguese

  

ribavirina, ribaviran. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ribavirina, ribavirín. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ribavirin. (various references)

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Derivations: Ribavirin

Derivations

Words beginning with "ribavirin": ribavirins. (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Ribavirin"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "ribavirin" (pronounced ruba"veri'n)
3-er i' nheparin.

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Anagrams: Ribavirin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-i-n-r-r-v"

-4 letters: bairn, brain, bravi, briar, invar, ravin.

-5 letters: abri, airn, bani, barn, birr, bran, brin, inia, rain, rani, vain, vair, vina.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-i-n-r-r-v"
 

+1 letter: ribavirins.

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Alternative Orthography: Ribavirin


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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