different between inhibitor vs zidovudine

English

Etymology

inhibit +? -or

Noun

inhibitor (plural inhibitors)

1. One who or that which inhibits.

   I found daily meditation to be a useful inhibitor of negative thoughts.

2. (chemistry) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific chemical reaction.
3. (biology) Any substance capable of stopping or slowing a specific biological process

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• catalyst

Czech

Noun

inhibitor m

1. inhibitor

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.x?i?b?i.t?r/

Noun

inhibitor m inan

1. (chemistry) inhibitor

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) inhibitorowy

Further reading

• inhibitor in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French inhibiteur

Noun

inhibitor m (plural inhibitori)

1. inhibitor

Declension

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).