reverse transcriptase inhibitor
- noun
- /rɪˈvɜrs trænˈskrɪpˌteɪs ɪnˈhɪbɪtər/
- Specialized
:
inhibidor de transcriptasa inversa
- Research shows that using a reverse transcriptase inhibitor can significantly lower the viral load in HIV patients.
- nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
Examples
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Apart from the main drug groups, consisting of nucleoside analogues, proteinase inhibitors, and reverse-transcriptase inhibitors, many new compounds are under development.
Academic text (2000) -
As already discussed, one large class is the non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors.
Academic text (2000) -
32 non-nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors
Academic text (2000) -
However, all nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors carry the risk of lactic acidosis and severe hepatomegaly.
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The doctor prescribed a reverse transcriptase inhibitor to help manage the patient's HIV effectively.
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Many patients benefit from taking a reverse transcriptase inhibitor as part of their antiretroviral therapy regimen.
How Effective
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
reverse + transcriptase + inhibitor
This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'reverse transcriptase' names the enzyme and 'inhibitor' names a substance that blocks it, so the overall meaning ('a substance that inhibits reverse transcriptase') is directly derivable from the parts. Although the term is technical, the modifier+head structure is regular and found across languages, so a learner who knows the three constituents would understand the MWE.
Etymology
Reverse transcriptase inhibitor names a drug that 'inhibits' a virus's copy machine, the reverse transcriptase. Imagine the reverse transcriptase as a copying machine that turns the virus's instructions into new copies, and the inhibitor is like a lock put on that machine so it cannot work. So the name means a medicine that 'blocks' the virus from making new copies and slows the infection.