different between nucleoside vs zidovudine

English

Noun

nucleoside (plural nucleosides)

1. (biochemistry) an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.

Hyponyms

• adenosine
• guanosine
• cytidine
• thymidine
• uridine

Meronyms

• nucleobase

Derived terms

• C-nucleoside
• deoxynucleoside
• nucleosidase

Translations

See also

• DNA
• nucleobase
• nucleotide
• RNA

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu.kle.o?zi.de/
• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

nucleoside m (plural nucleosidi)

1. (biochemistry) nucleoside

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).