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💊 An HIV drug ⚠️ Drug interaction
DDI

DDI

1 7.2
A medicine that treats HIV by stopping the virus from copying itself
  • noun
  • /ˌdiːdiːˈaɪ/
  • Archaic
: DDI
  • Many patients rely on DDI for effective management of their HIV infection.
  • DDI and AZT

Examples

  • Doctors prescribe DDI to patients with HIV to help control the virus and improve health.

  • OK, DDI and important things about this, you have to give it on an empty stomach.

  • The FDA approval makes DDI available for the treatment of adults and pediatric AIDS patients.

Synonyms

ddI
vsDDI
  • Specialized
1 9.2

A drug that treats HIV infection

is the full name used in formal descriptions and labels
didanosine
vsDDI
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A medicine used to treat HIV that stops the virus from making copies

is the abbreviated or coded form used in shorthand
dideoxyinosine
vsDDI
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A medicine that treats HIV by stopping the virus from copying itself

is the more familiar short name used in clinical treatment

Surface Forms

DDI singular
DDIs plural

Morphology

DDI = didanosine (opaque) = D + I

The form is a specialized letter-based abbreviation of the drug name, so its meaning is not recoverable through ordinary English morphology.

Etymology

DDI is short for didanosine, a name made from di- 'two', deoxy 'without oxygen', and inosine 'a natural building block in cells'. Because it is a changed version of a cell building block, it can stop the HIV virus from copying itself, which is why DDI is used as an antiviral drug.