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-vudine

UK/vjʊ.diːn/US/vjəˌdin/

-vudine suffix: used to form names of antineoplastics and antivirals of the zidovudine type.

Suffix

-vudine

  1. Used to form names of antineoplastics and antivirals of the zidovudine type
    • lamivudine, stavudine, telbivudine

Origin of -vudine

From zidovudine.

Questions about -vudine

What does -vudine mean?
-vudine means used to form names of antineoplastics and antivirals of the zidovudine type.
What part of speech is -vudine?
-vudine is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -vudine?
-vudine is pronounced /vjʊ.diːn/ (UK).

Words near -vudine in the dictionary

  1. -voltine
  2. -von
  3. -vore
  4. -vores
  5. -vorous
  6. -vudine
  7. -wad
  8. -ward
  9. -wards
  10. -ware
  11. -wares

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