reverse transcriptase inhibitor
- reverse transcriptase inhibitor
reverse transcriptase inhibitor n an agent that inhibits the activity of a reverse transcriptase
esp a drug (as AZT) that acts by inhibiting retroviral reverse transcription
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a substance that blocks activity of the reverse transcriptase of a retrovirus and is used as an antiretroviral agent. Some are nucleosides or nucleoside analogues, and those that are not are therefore often called non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
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