zalcitabine

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zalcitabine

/zalˈsɪt.ə.biːn/ UK
/zælˈsaɪ.təˌbin/ US
/zælˈsɪt.əˌbin/ US

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From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).

noun zalcitabines · dideoxycytidine · ddC · DDC

countable, uncountable A drug C₉H₁₃N₃O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is formerly used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a pyrimidine nucleoside, acting as a reverse transcriptase inhibitor. Patients received 600 mg/day of ritonavir (Abbott Laboratories) for 14 days, after which were added 600 mg/day of zidovudine (Retrovir, Glaxo-Wellcome) and 6 mg/day of zalcitabine (Hivid, Roche) with treatment maintenance for 12 months.

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@misc{zalcitabine_2026,
  title = {zalcitabine},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zalcitabine},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}