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stavudine

US/ˈstæv.jəˌdin/

stavudine noun: a synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄ that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered orally against HIV infection.

stavudine: a synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄ that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse...
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Noun

stavudine (uncountable)

  1. A synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄ that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered orally against HIV infection.
    Synonyms:
    dideoxy-4-thymidine, d4T

Synonyms of stavudine

  • dideoxy-4-thymidine
  • d4T

Origin of stavudine

From [Term?] + -vudine (“zidovudine derivative”).

Questions about stavudine

What does stavudine mean?
Stavudine means a synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄ that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered orally against HIV infection.
What part of speech is stavudine?
Stavudine is a noun.
How do you pronounce stavudine?
Stavudine is pronounced /ˈstæv.jəˌdin/ (US).

Words near stavudine in the dictionary

  1. Stavropoulos
  2. Stavropouloses
  3. Stavros
  4. stavrotheotokia
  5. stavrotheotokion
  6. stavudine
  7. Stawell
  8. Stawicki
  9. Stawickis
  10. Stawley
  11. Stawski

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