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stavudine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈstæv.jəˌdin/

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noun

Meaning 1

A synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C10H12N2O4 that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered orally against HIV infection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dideoxy-4-thymidine, d4T

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From [Term?] + -vudine (“zidovudine derivative”).