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zidovudine

noun
zi路​do路​vu路​dine | \ zi-藞d艒-vy眉-藢d膿n How to pronounce zidovudine (audio) \

Definition of zidovudine

: azt

Examples of zidovudine in a Sentence

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 Shortly after his diagnosis seven years earlier, Dan started taking high doses of AZT (zidovudine, the first antiretroviral drug approved by the FDA in 1987) as a part of his treatment protocol. — S. Kirk Walsh, Longreads, "From One Friendship, Lessons on Life, Death, AIDS and Childlessness," 22 Jan. 2018

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First Known Use of zidovudine

1987, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for zidovudine

by shortening & alteration from azidothymidine

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zidovudine

noun
zi路​do路​vu路​dine | \ z墨-藞d艒-v(y)眉-藢d膿n How to pronounce zidovudine (audio) \

Medical Definition of zidovudine

: azt

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