lamivudine

English Thesaurus

1. a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	nrti, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor,
definition	:	an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs (noun.artifact)