Ribavirin

Definition: Ribavirin

Ribavirin

Noun

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

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

Specialty Definitions: Ribavirin

Domain	Definitions
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

Domain	Title
Books	Clinical Applications of Ribavirin (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Ribavirin

Subject	Topic	Quote
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.

Expression	Frequency 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)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ribavirin"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ribavirin" (pronounced ruba"veri'n)
3	-er i' n	heparin.
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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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