Etymology

virostatic

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Today it means: Tending to inhibit viral replication. Full definition →

English static ← Latin staticus ← Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
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  1. Englishviro-
  2. Ancient Greekστᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)
  3. Latinstaticus
  4. Englishstatic
  5. English todayvirostatic

From viro- + static.

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