zalcitabine (English, noun)
expansion: zalcitabine (countable and uncountable, plural zalcitabines)
Senses:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug C₉H₁₃N₃O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is formerly used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a pyrimidine nucleoside, acting as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: zalcitabines
tags: plural
form: dideoxycytidine
tags: alternative
form: ddC
tags: alternative
form: DDC
tags: alternative