Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adefovir dipivoxil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ade-fovir dip-ivox-il
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I joined Gilead Sciences in 1990, and by 1999 we were in the final stage of about five or six years of work in creating the drug adefovir dipivoxil to treat H.I.V. The drug wasn’t approved by the F.D.A. for H.I.V. because the data showed evidence of kidney toxicity."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does adefovir dipivoxil mean?: An oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.

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