Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A non-nucleoside antiretroviral drug that inhibits reverse transcriptase, used to treat HIV infection.

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  • noun A non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat HIV.

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  • noun a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Rescriptor) used to treat AIDS and HIV

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[dela- (alteration of dimethyl) + -virdine, antiviral pyridine derivative suff. ((anti)vir(al) + (pyri)dine).]

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