"abacavir" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈbak.əˌvɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əˈbæk.əˌvɪɹ/ [General-American] Audio: En-abacavir.ogg [General-American], En-us-abacavir.ogg [General-American] Forms: ABC [abbreviation]
Etymology: From [Term?] + -cavir (“carbocyclic nucleoside”). Etymology templates: {{af|en||-cavir|t2=carbocyclic nucleoside}} [Term?] + -cavir (“carbocyclic nucleoside”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} abacavir (uncountable)
  1. (pharmacology) An antiretroviral drug (trademark Ziagen) taken orally in the form of its sulfate (C₁₄H₁₈N₆O)₂·H₂SO₄ in combination with other antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infections. It is a synthetic nucleoside analog that acts by inhibiting reverse transcriptase. It causes potentially serious hypersensitivity reactions in a small percentage of patients. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Hypernyms: antiretroviral Translations (Translations): abakawir [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-abacavir-en-noun-GhegV~aM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cavir Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences

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