Pertaining to the action of a chemical that inhibits the multiplication of a virus.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            This is a substance inhibiting viral action.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a substance that has the ability to inhibit growth and/or reproduction of viruses without killing them. Contrast with virucide.