different between hiv vs zidovudine

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English HIV (“human immunodeficiency virus”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.i?ve?/, /??f/

Noun

hiv n (uncountable)

1. HIV

Derived terms

• hiv-besmetting
• hiv-virus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English HIV, "Human Immune Deficiency Virus".

Noun

hiv (indeclinable)

1. HIV

Derived terms

• hivsmitte

Related terms

• aids

References

• “hiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From hive.

Noun

hiv n (definite singular hivet, indefinite plural hiv, definite plural hiva)

1. a throw

Etymology 2

From English HIV, "Human Immune Deficiency Virus".

Noun

hiv (indeclinable)

1. HIV

Derived terms

• hivsmitte

Related terms

• aids

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

hiv

1. inflection of hive:
   1. present tense
   2. imperative

References

• “hiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “hiv” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• azidothymidine, AZT (American)

Etymology

Alteration of azidothymidine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /z??d?v.j?.di?n/, /z??d??.vj?.di?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /z??do?.vj??din/, /za??do?.vj??din/

Noun

zidovudine (countable and uncountable, plural zidovudines) (abbreviated ZDV)

1. (pharmacology) A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.

Translations

Derived terms

• -vudine (“antineoplastic; antiviral”)

References

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