LAMIVUDINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lamivudine mean? 

• LAMIVUDINE (noun)
  The noun LAMIVUDINE has 1 sense:

1. a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV

  Familiarity information: LAMIVUDINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAMIVUDINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

3TC; lamivudine

Hypernyms ("lamivudine" is a kind of...):

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)

 Context examples 

Lamivudine is phosphorylated intracellularly to its active 5'-triphosphate metabolite, lamivudine triphosphate (L-TP); zidovudine is phosphorylated to its active 5'-triphosphate metabolite, zidovudine triphosphate (ZDV-TP).

(Lamivudine/Zidovudine, NCI Thesaurus)

Intracellularly, lamivudine is phosphorylated to its active metabolites, lamiduvine triphosphate (L-TP) and lamiduvine monophosphate (L-MP).

(Lamivudine, NCI Thesaurus)