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zalcitabine

UK/zalˈsɪt.ə.biːn/US/zælˈsaɪ.təˌbin/

zalcitabine noun: 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.

zalcitabine: a drug C₉H₁₃N₃O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is formerly used in the treatment of...
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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 zalcitabine

pluralzalcitabines
alternative formdideoxycytidine
alternative formddC
alternative formDDC

Origin of zalcitabine

From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

Questions about zalcitabine

What does zalcitabine mean?
Zalcitabine means 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.
What part of speech is zalcitabine?
Zalcitabine is a noun.
How do you pronounce zalcitabine?
Zalcitabine is pronounced /zalˈsɪt.ə.biːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of zalcitabine?
The plural of zalcitabine is zalcitabines.

Words near zalcitabine in the dictionary

  1. zalambdodonts
  2. Zalantun
  3. zalat
  4. Zalazar
  5. Zalazars
  6. zalcitabine
  7. Zaldana
  8. Zaldanas
  9. zaldaride
  10. Zaldivar
  11. Zaldivars

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