nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

1. 1.

   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

   SynonymsNRTI

   Broaderreverse transcriptase inhibitor

   Narrowerzidovudinelamivudine

   Part ofdrug cocktail

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.