WordNet
antiviral agent
n. any drug that destroys viruses [syn: antiviral, antiviral drug]
Usage examples of "antiviral agent".
That was bad enough: the drug, an antiviral agent, was top secret, its formula priceless.
Now, all we have to do is find an antiviral agent that works, she thought, and begin mass-producing it.
It was soon recognized that the drug was a broad-spectrum antiviral agent.