nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Questions about nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

What does nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor mean?

nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor means "an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs".

What is another word for nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor?

Close synonyms include NRTI. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor a common word?

nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.