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azidovudine

azidovudine is the alternative form of zidovudine.

Meaning of zidovudine

Noun

zidovudine (countable and uncountable, plural zidovudines, abbreviation ZDV)

  1. 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.

Questions about azidovudine

What is azidovudine the alternative form of?
Azidovudine is the alternative form of zidovudine.

Words near azidovudine in the dictionary

  1. azidosilanes
  2. azidosugar
  3. azidosugars
  4. azidothymidine
  5. azidothymidines
  6. azidovudine
  7. azidyl
  8. Azilian
  9. azilsartan
  10. Azim
  11. Azimech

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