efavirenz

[ uh-fah-vi-renz ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor used with other medications to treat HIV infection in patients who have or do not have AIDS.

Origin of efavirenz

1
First recorded in 1950–55; shortening of e(thyne) + f(luoro-) + vir(us) + (b)enz(yl)

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