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telaprevir

telaprevir noun: a protease inhibitor intended to treat hepatitis C.

Noun

telaprevir (uncountable)

  1. A protease inhibitor intended to treat hepatitis C.
    • While Vertex has previously shown that telaprevir can sharply reduce virus levels in patients blood, the new data, to be presented at the meeting, an annual gathering of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Boston, is the first strong signal of how many patients could be...2007 November 2, Andrew Pollack, “2 Winning Drug Tests, One Expected and One a Surprise”, in New York Times

Origin of telaprevir

From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).

Questions about telaprevir

What does telaprevir mean?
Telaprevir means a protease inhibitor intended to treat hepatitis C.
What part of speech is telaprevir?
Telaprevir is a noun.

Words near telaprevir in the dictionary

  1. telangiectasis
  2. telangiectasiæ
  3. telangiectasy
  4. telangiectatic
  5. telangiectesia
  6. telaprevir
  7. telapristone
  8. telar
  9. Telarah
  10. telargpalite
  11. telary

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