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Antiretroviral vs Zidovudine - What's the difference?

antiretroviral | zidovudine |

As nouns the difference between antiretroviral and zidovudine

is that antiretroviral is (medicine|pharmacology) an agent that combats retroviruses while zidovudine is a nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, a type of antiretroviral drug, the first approved treatment for hiv.

As an adjective antiretroviral

is that combats infection by retroviruses.

antiretroviral

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That combats infection by retroviruses

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine, pharmacology) An agent that combats retroviruses.

    • zidovudine

    English

    (wikipedia zidovudine)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, a type of antiretroviral drug, the first approved treatment for HIV.

    • Synonyms

    * azidothymidine