AZT

American

Pharmacology, Trademark.

azidothymidine: an antiviral drug, manufactured from genetic materials in fish sperm or produced synthetically, used in the treatment of AIDS.

AZT British

abbreviation

Also called: zidovudine. azidothymidine

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AZT Scientific

/ ā′zē-tē′ /

A nucleoside analogue antiviral drug that inhibits the replication of retroviruses such as HIV by interfering with the enzyme reverse transcriptase.

AZT Cultural

A drug used in the treatment of AIDS. It does not cure the disease but does prolong the life of the patient in some cases.

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AZT remains part of standard HIV therapies and is estimated to have saved or prolonged millions of lives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2026

And then there is AZT and its successors, which offer a full life to HIV-positive people.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2023

Burroughs Wellcome dropped the price of AZT four days later.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 12, 2022

AZT prevents reverse transcriptase from making DNA from the viral RNA genome.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In 1991, direct action group ACT UP Australia - its terminally ill members impatient for expedited and equal access to early treatment drug AZT - staged a "die-in" at the Department of Health.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2022

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