Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A non-nucleoside analog that is used as an antiviral drug in the treatment of HIV infection.
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- noun A non-
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treatHIV andAIDS .
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- noun a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (trade name Viramune) used to treat AIDS and HIV
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There is a drug called nevirapine that helps prevent perinatal transmission, but a mother with the virus can still transmit it through her milk.
The Lazarus Effect Shoumatoff, Alex 2007
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Devastated, Charmaine considered abortion, but opted instead to try an AIDS drug called nevirapine to protect her newborn girl - now a healthy 1-year-old "miracle," she says.
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In late 2002, nevirapine, which is used to prevent mother-to-child transmission, was introduced.
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Devastated, Charmaine considered abortion, but opted instead to try an AIDS drug called nevirapine to protect her newborn girl - now a healthy 1-year-old "miracle," she says.
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Viramune, commonly known as nevirapine, free of charge at the test sites for five years.
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An editorial accompanying the study in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association said it underscores a quandary in developing nations, where a relatively cheap drug called nevirapine promises to thwart many cases of mother-to-child HIV transmission during birth.
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A drug called nevirapine has been shown to be effective in reducing the risk of transmission of HIV ...
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Government had agreed to "carefully examine" his proposal that anti-retroviral drugs such as nevirapine be made available to all
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Referring to free drugs such as nevirapine provided by pharmaceutical companies, the PWC called on government to remain steadfast against these companies who only wanted to turn South
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The most serious surge in resistance it predicted was against non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs) such as nevirapine, introduced in the mid-1990s.
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