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dideoxyinosine

UK/ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈɪn.əʊ.siːn/US/ˌdaɪ.diˌɑk.sɪˈɪn.əˌsin/

dideoxyinosine is the alternative form of didanosine.

Meaning of didanosine

Noun

didanosine (uncountable)

  1. A reverse transcriptase inhibitor drug C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a purine nucleoside.

Forms of dideoxyinosine

abbreviationddI
abbreviationDDI

Origin of dideoxyinosine

From dideoxy + inosine.

Questions about dideoxyinosine

What is dideoxyinosine the alternative form of?
Dideoxyinosine is the alternative form of didanosine.
How do you pronounce dideoxyinosine?
Dideoxyinosine is pronounced /ˌdʌɪ.di.ɒk.sɪˈɪn.əʊ.siːn/ (UK).

Words near dideoxyinosine in the dictionary

  1. dideoxycytidine
  2. dideoxygenase
  3. dideoxygenases
  4. dideoxyhexose
  5. dideoxyhexoses
  6. dideoxyinosine
  7. dideoxymannose
  8. dideoxynucleoside
  9. dideoxynucleosides
  10. dideoxynucleotide
  11. dideoxynucleotides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dideoxyinosine (page history and authors); didanosine (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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