zidovudine

English

Chemical structure of zidovudine

Alternative forms

• azidothymidine, AZT (US)

Etymology

Alteration of azidothymidine.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zɪˈdɒv.jʊ.diːn/, /zɪˈdəʊ.vjʊ.diːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /zɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/, /zaɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/

Noun

zidovudine (countable and uncountable, plural zidovudines) (abbreviated ZDV)

1. (pharmacology) A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.

Derived terms

• -vudine (“antineoplastic; antiviral”)

Translations

Translations

• Hungarian: zidovudin (hu)
• Latin: zidovudinum n
• Polish: zydowudyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: zidovudina f
• Spanish: zidovudina f

References

• “zidovudine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “AZT”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.