reverse transcriptase inhibitor

1. 1.

   an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV

   Broaderantiviral

   Narrowernon-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitornucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Questions about reverse transcriptase inhibitor

What does reverse transcriptase inhibitor mean?

reverse transcriptase inhibitor means "an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV".

Is reverse transcriptase inhibitor a common word?

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.