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tenofovir

tenofovir noun: a particular antiretroviral drug.

Noun

tenofovir (uncountable)

  1. A particular antiretroviral drug.

Origin of tenofovir

From [Term?] + -fovir (“phosphonic acid derivative”).

Questions about tenofovir

What does tenofovir mean?
Tenofovir means a particular antiretroviral drug.
What part of speech is tenofovir?
Tenofovir is a noun.

Words near tenofovir in the dictionary

  1. tenodd
  2. tenodeses
  3. tenodesis
  4. tenodynia
  5. tenoepiphysiodesis
  6. tenofovir
  7. tenogenesis
  8. tenogenic
  9. tenographic
  10. tenography
  11. tenolyses

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