NRTI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does NRTI mean? 

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

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NRTI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

NRTI; nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

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

reverse transcriptase inhibitor (an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "NRTI"):

AZT; Retrovir; ZDV; zidovudine (an antiviral drug (trade name Retrovir) used in the treatment of AIDS; adverse side effects include liver damage and suppression of the bone marrow)

3TC; lamivudine (a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV)

Holonyms ("NRTI" is a part of...):

drug cocktail; HAART; highly active antiretroviral therapy (a combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIV)

 Context examples 

A cytidine analogue and nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) with anti-HIV activity.

(Apricitabine, NCI Thesaurus)