DRUG COCKTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drug cocktail mean? 

• DRUG COCKTAIL (noun)
  The noun DRUG COCKTAIL has 1 sense:

1. a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV

  Familiarity information: DRUG COCKTAIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUG COCKTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

drug cocktail; HAART; highly active antiretroviral therapy

Hypernyms ("drug cocktail" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Meronyms (parts of "drug cocktail"):

NNRTI; non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs)

NRTI; nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs)

PI; protease inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs)

 Context examples 

One experimental drug cocktail called ZMapp is now being evaluated in human trials.

(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)