Usually means: Inhibits growth or replication of viruses.
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  1. virustatic: Wiktionary
  2. virustatic: Dictionary.com

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  1. virustatic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. virustatic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of virostatic [(medicine) Tending to inhibit viral replication.]

Similar:
anti-viral, virocidal, bacteristatic, parasitostatic, tumorostatic, viremic, spirochetostatic, chemiostatic, immunovirologic, aviraemic, more...

Opposite:
virucidal, antiviral, viricidal

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Similar:
anti-viral, virocidal, bacteristatic, parasitostatic, tumorostatic, viremic, spirochetostatic, chemiostatic, immunovirologic, aviraemic, more...

Opposite:
virucidal, antiviral, viricidal



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