Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A drug, C10H17, used in its hydrochloride form as an antiviral agent and treatment for Parkinson's disease.
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- noun A
polycyclic amine , 1-amino adamantane , that is anantiviral drug used in the treatment ofParkinson's disease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An initial pilot study showed some promise for treatment of HCV infection with an antiviral drug called amantadine.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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These treatments include combination drug therapy with interferon and ribavirin Rebetron; a drug called amantadine; and a procedure called phlebotomy, or iron reduction therapy.
DR. SANJIV CHOPRA’S LIVER BOOK Sanjiv Chopra 2001
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Store amantadine give providers magnacort some effects magnesium clofibrate originated.
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Europe and is intended acetazolamide should isolate amantadine.
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Be aware, though, that the current strain of swine flu is resistant to the two other approved antiviral drugs—amantadine and rimantadine.
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Be aware, though, that the current strain of swine flu is resistant to the two other approved antiviral drugs — amantadine and rimantadine.
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It is resistant to two other drugs, amantadine and rimantadine.
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The H5N1 virus that has caused human illness and death in Asia is resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, two antiviral medications commonly used for influenza.
Bird flu 2008
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Joseph Domenech, the Food and Agriculture Organisation's chief veterinary officer, said that Chinese farmers 'use of a human antiviral medicine, amantadine, on their poultry risked creating resistance in the virus.
Medpundit 2005
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Joseph Domenech, the Food and Agriculture Organisation's chief veterinary officer, said that Chinese farmers 'use of a human antiviral medicine, amantadine, on their poultry risked creating resistance in the virus.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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