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dideoxycytosine

dideoxycytosine

9.9
A medicine used to treat HIV that stops the virus from making more copies
  • noun
  • /ˌdaɪdiˈɒksɪˌsaɪtoʊsiːn/
  • Specialized
: dideoxicitidina
  • The doctor prescribed dideoxycytosine for the patient's HIV treatment.

Examples

  • The patient was prescribed dideoxycytosine as part of his HIV treatment regimen.

  • Side effects associated with dideoxycytosine may include nausea and neuropathy.

  • Research has shown that dideoxycytosine can effectively inhibit the replication of the virus.

  • Many researchers are studying dideoxycytosine to improve antiviral therapies.

  • The patient was prescribed dideoxycytosine as part of his HIV treatment regimen.

  • Research has shown that dideoxycytosine can effectively inhibit the replication of the virus.

  • Side effects associated with dideoxycytosine may include nausea and neuropathy.

Synonyms

DDI
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Archaic
1 7.2

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

is the different drug named in full rather than by abbreviation
DDC
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Archaic
1 9.3

A medicine that fights viruses used with other drugs to treat HIV

is the full name spelling rather than the initialism
lamivudine
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Specialized
1 7.2

A medicine often used with other drugs to treat HIV by reducing the virus in the body

is a single drug form not defined by combination use
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Specialized
1 6.6

An HIV drug that joins viral DNA and stops the enzyme that copies the virus

is one specific drug within that broader class
didanosine
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Specialized
1 9.8

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

is a different specific drug with the same mechanism
dideoxyinosine
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Specialized
1 9.9

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

is a different specific chemical agent sharing the same action
ddC
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Specialized
1 8.9

An antiviral medicine that stops HIV from making copies of itself

is the full name rather than the abbreviated form
zalcitabine
vsdideoxycytosine
  • Archaic
9.9

A drug used to treat HIV infection, now rarely used because of side effects

is a currently used drug rather than a discontinued one

Surface Forms

dideoxycytosine singular
dideoxycytosines plural

Morphology

dideoxycytosine = cytosine (opaque) = di + deoxy + cytosine

The prefix 'dideoxy' is a specialized biochemical combining form (di- + deoxy-) whose precise meaning (lack of oxygens at specific positions) is technical and not inferable by an average B1 learner from 'cytosine'.

Etymology

Dideoxycytosine breaks into di- 'two', deoxy 'without oxygen', and cytosine 'a DNA base'. So the name means a cytosine missing two oxygens, and as a drug it looks like a normal DNA piece that fools the virus's copying machine and stops the virus from making more copies.