azidothymidinen.
/ˌeɪzɪdəʊˈθʌɪmɪdiːn/ Pharmacology.
A substituted derivative of thymidine that has been used to inhibit the replication of HIV, the AIDS virus, 3′-azido-3′-deoxythymidine. Abbreviated AZT s.v. A III.
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1974 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 71 4980/1 The role of..another thymidine analogue, azidothymidine, in interfering with C-type virus release in virus positive cells is discussed.
1986 FDA Consumer Feb. 34/2 Another antiviral approved for experimental testing in this country is azidothymidine.
1986 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 9/3 Researchers at Wellcome are significantly reticent about any potential their new drug—azidothymidine—may hold.
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