Term: lamivudine
IPA: ləˈmɪv.jəˌdin

==English==
[[File:Lamivudine structure.svg|thumb|150px|Chemical structure of '''lamivudine''']]
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===Etymology===
From {{af|en||-vudine|t2=zidovudine derivative}}.

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===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ləˈmɪv.jəˌdin/|a=GA}}

===Noun===
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# {{lb|en|pharmaceutical drug}} A [[nucleoside]] [[analog]] {{w|reverse-transcriptase inhibitor}}, 2′,3′-[[dideoxy]]-3′-[[thia-|thia]][[cytidine]] (C<sub>8</sub>H<sub>11</sub>N<sub>3</sub>O<sub>3</sub>S) that is taken orally in the tre