peramivir

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Etymology

From +‎ -amivir (“neuraminidase inhibitor”).

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Noun

peramivir (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A neuraminidase inhibitor being developed as an antiviral drug to treat influenza.
    • 2009 September 22, Andrew Pollack, “New Drugs May Attack Flu, but Not in Time”, in New York Times‎:
      In the United States, peramivir is not likely to be used for routine treatment of seasonal or pandemic flu, partly because most primary-care physicians do not administer intravenous infusions.
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