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Definition of "zidovudine" []

  • See AZT. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "zidovudine" in a sentence
  • "AZT is "toxic" … year … nobody calls zidovudine "AZT" since 1980s, except for AIDS-dissidents."
  • "Some countries - notably South Africa - are loath to buy or distribute low-cost drugs, such as zidovudine and nevirapine, that have been shown to slash the risk of mother-to-child transmission through birth or breast-feeding by up to two-thirds."
  • "Like the earliest anti-HIV drugs such as zidovudine (AZT), introduced 10 years earlier, these block enzymes vital for viral multiplication."