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ddC

ddC

1 8.9
An antiviral medicine that stops HIV from making copies of itself
  • noun
  • Specialized
: ddC
  • The ddC drug works by inhibiting the growth of the virus in the body.

Examples

  • The DDC system was designed 137 years ago to solve a problem of physical location of materials in libraries with inadequate catalogs and inexact shelving patterns.

    Academic text (2013)

  • In clinical trials, ddC has shown promising results for managing HIV infection.

  • Now in its 23rd edition, the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system has been revised over the last 137 years and is offered in electronic and print formats.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Beall and Mitchell detail "the history of the representation of the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) in the MARC formats, with special emphasis on the development of the MARC classification format." 83

    Academic text (2012)

  • Doctors often prescribe ddC as part of a treatment plan for patients with HIV.

Synonyms

DDC
vsddC
  • Archaic
1 9.3

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

is the same meaning but written with different capitalization
dideoxycytosine
vsddC
  • Specialized
9.9

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

is given the technical drug class name including the abbreviation

Surface Forms

ddC singular
ddCs plural

Etymology

DdC comes from the chemical name dideoxycytidine: di- means 'two', deoxy means 'without oxygen', and cytidine is a small building block, like a 'letter' in genetic code. Because this 'letter' is missing two oxygens, ddC fools the HIV virus and stops it from copying itself, which is why it is used as an antiviral drug.