"protease inhibitor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: protease inhibitors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} protease inhibitor (plural protease inhibitors)
  1. (biochemistry) Any molecule that inhibits the function of proteases (enzymes that aid the cleavage of proteins), e.g. alpha-1 antitrypsin. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: antiprotease Hyponyms: amprenavir, atazanavir, darunavir, fosamprenavir, indinavir, lopinavir, nelfinavir, ritonavir, saquinavir, tipranavir
    Sense id: en-protease_inhibitor-en-noun-qV5ftepn Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (pharmacology) Any of a class of medications that act by interfering with proteases, used to treat or prevent viral infections including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. Categories (topical): Pharmacology Synonyms: PI [initialism] Translations (class of medications): proteaasi-inhibiittori (Finnish), proteaasin estäjä (Finnish), proteázgátló (Hungarian), proteázinhibitor (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-protease_inhibitor-en-noun-nBwi2NOq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 70 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'class of medications': 8 92

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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