azidothymidine

[uh-zahy-doh-thahy-mi-deen, -zee-, az-i-]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. AZT.

Word History and Origins

Origin of azidothymidine¹

azido + thymidine

Example Sentences

Fauci, who took the helm of the infectious-disease agency in 1984, likened the new findings to the 1986 discovery that the anti-retroviral drug azidothymidine, or AZT, could suppress the HIV virus in patients with AIDS.

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In 1994, a study showed that one ARV drug, azidothymidine, cut transmission rates by two-thirds if given to the mother before and after delivery and to the baby for 6 weeks.

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Another shortcoming, notes biochemist Jan Gettemans of Ghent University, is that unlike many important drugs, including statins and the anti-HIV drug azidothymidine, the antibodies can't enter cells on their own.

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At the time only azidothymidine, known as AZT, was available.

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Another is azidothymidine, which failed as a chemotherapy drug but emerged in the 1980s as a therapy for HIV.

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