Definition of "azidothymidine" []

• AZT. (noun)

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• "Her experiments showed that the use of an antibody found in monkeys -- called azidothymidine and known as AZT -- could reduce the risk of mother-to-infant transmission of HIV."
• "One example of the power of drug rescue is azidothymidine AZT, a compound that was abandoned in the 1960s after failing to show efficacy against cancer."
• "ANTI-HIV Producing synergistic effect with azidothymidine AZT"