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delavirdine

delavirdine

1 9.9
A medicine used to treat HIV infection
  • noun
  • /ˌdɛləˈvɜrdin/
  • Specialized
: delavirdina
  • The development of delavirdine provided new hope for people living with AIDS.

Examples

  • Doctors prescribe delavirdine to manage HIV effectively.

  • Doctors may prescribe delavirdine as part of a combination therapy for HIV infection.

  • Patients should take delavirdine exactly as directed by their healthcare provider.

  • The delavirdine treatment has shown positive results.

  • Delavirdine is an important medication used in the treatment of HIV, marketed under the brand name delavirdine.

  • Doctors often prescribe delavirdine as part of a comprehensive treatment plan for patients with AIDS.

  • In clinical studies, delavirdine has shown effectiveness when combined with other antiretroviral medications.

Synonyms

Rescriptor
vsdelavirdine
  • Specialized
9.5

A medicine used to treat HIV infection

has identical meaning but is the generic drug name rather than the brand

Surface Forms

delavirdine singular
delavirdines plural

Etymology

Delavirdine is a made-up drug name, but a helpful way to remember it is the part -vir-, which looks like 'virus' and shows it fights viruses, and the ending -dine is common in medicine names. So delavirdine is a medicine used to treat HIV and AIDS.