efavirenz
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8.9
A medicine people with HIV take with other medicines to treat the infection
- noun
- /ˌɛfəˈvɪrɛnz/
- Specialized
:
efavirenz
- In clinical trials, patients using efavirenz showed significant improvements in their health outcomes.
Examples
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Furthermore, 28% of female patients on ART were on a regimen including efavirenz, and one third or more of all couples reported no or inconsistent condom use.
Academic text (2013) -
Doctors often prescribe efavirenz along with other medications to help manage HIV effectively.
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Many studies focus on how efavirenz can enhance the effectiveness of HIV treatment regimens.
Synonyms
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3.7
A medicine that stops viruses from growing in the body
is specific to retrovirus treatment and given with other medicines
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4.8
A drug used to treat infections from viruses like HIV
is a single medicine used with others to treat that infection
Surface Forms
efavirenz singular
efavirenzes plural
Etymology
Efavirenz is a modern medicine name made by scientists. A helpful way to remember it is that it contains -vir-, like in the words 'virus' and 'antiviral', so efavirenz is a drug used to treat HIV infection.