zidovudine (English, noun)
expansion: zidovudine (countable and uncountable, plural zidovudines, abbreviation ZDV)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: zidovudines
tags: plural
form: ZDV
tags: abbreviation
form: azidothymidine
tags: alternative
US
form: AZT
tags: alternative
US