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adefovir dipivoxil

adefovir dipivoxil noun: an oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.

Noun

adefovir dipivoxil (uncountable)

  1. An oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.
    • I joined Gilead Sciences in 1990, and by 1999 we were in the final stage of about five or six years of work in creating the drug adefovir dipivoxil to treat H.I.V. The drug wasn’t approved by the F.D.A. for H.I.V. because the data showed evidence of kidney toxicity.2009 October 11, Amy Zipkin, “On the Discovery Trail”, in New York Times

Questions about adefovir dipivoxil

What does adefovir dipivoxil mean?
Adefovir dipivoxil means an oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.
What part of speech is adefovir dipivoxil?
Adefovir dipivoxil is a noun.

Words near adefovir dipivoxil in the dictionary

  1. adeeming
  2. adeems
  3. adeep
  4. Adees
  5. adefovir
  6. adefovir dipivoxil
  7. Adejugbe
  8. Adejugbes
  9. Adekugbe
  10. Adel
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