different between antiretroviral vs zalcitabine

English

Etymology

anti- +? retroviral

Adjective

antiretroviral (comparative more antiretroviral, superlative most antiretroviral)

1. (pharmacology) That combats infection by retroviruses

Translations

Noun

antiretroviral (plural antiretrovirals)

1. (medicine, pharmacology) An agent that combats retroviruses.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• dideoxycytidine, ddC, DDC

Etymology

From [Term?] +? -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zal?s?t.?.bi?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /zæl?sa?.t??bin/, /zæl?s?t.??bin/

Noun

zalcitabine (countable and uncountable, plural zalcitabines)

1. (pharmacology) A drug C₉H₁₃N₃O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is formerly used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a pyrimidine nucleoside, acting as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor.

References

• “dideoxycytidine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “ddC”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Italian

Noun

zalcitabine f

1. plural of zalcitabina