zidovudine

English

Chemical structure of zidovudine

Alternative forms

azidothymidine, AZT (US)

Etymology

Alteration of azidothymidine.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zɪˈdɒv.jʊ.diːn/, /zɪˈdəʊ.vjʊ.diːn/
(General American) IPA^(key): /zɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/, /zaɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/

Noun

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

(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.

Derived terms

-vudine (“antineoplastic; antiviral”)

Translations

Translations

Hungarian: zidovudin (hu)
Latin: zidovudinum n
Polish: zydowudyna (pl) f
Portuguese: zidovudina f
Spanish: zidovudina f

References

“zidovudine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
“AZT”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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