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dideoxycytidine

UK/ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/US/ˌdaɪ.diˌɑk.sɪˈsɪt.ɪˌdin/

dideoxycytidine is the alternative form of zalcitabine.

Meaning of zalcitabine

Noun

zalcitabine (countable and uncountable, plural zalcitabines)

  1. 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.
    • Patients received 600 mg/day of ritonavir (Abbott Laboratories) for 14 days, after which were added 600 mg/day of zidovudine (Retrovir, Glaxo-Wellcome) and 6 mg/day of zalcitabine (Hivid, Roche) with treatment maintenance for 12 months.1997 July 4, B. Autran et al., “Positive Effects of Combined Antiretroviral Therapy on CD4 T Cell Homeostasis and Function in Advanced HIV Disease”, in Science, volume 277, number 5322, →DOI, pages...

Forms of dideoxycytidine

abbreviationddC
abbreviationDDC

Origin of dideoxycytidine

From dideoxy + cytidine.

Questions about dideoxycytidine

What is dideoxycytidine the alternative form of?
Dideoxycytidine is the alternative form of zalcitabine.
How do you pronounce dideoxycytidine?
Dideoxycytidine is pronounced /ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/ (UK).

Words near dideoxycytidine in the dictionary

  1. dideoxide
  2. dideoxides
  3. dideoxy
  4. dideoxyadenosine
  5. dideoxycitidine
  6. dideoxycytidine
  7. dideoxygenase
  8. dideoxygenases
  9. dideoxyhexose
  10. dideoxyhexoses
  11. dideoxyinosine

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