nelfinavir
/nɛlˈfɪn.əˌvɪɹ/noun
nelfinavir is a noun meaning “An antiretroviral drug (trademark Viracept) of the protease inhibitor class that is used in the form of its mesilate C₃₂H₄₅N₃O₄S·CH₄O₃S to treat HIV…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled N-E-L-F-I-N-A-V-I-R and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 83 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does nelfinavir mean?
noun
- 1
An antiretroviral drug (trademark Viracept) of the protease inhibitor class that is used in the form of its mesilate C₃₂H₄₅N₃O₄S·CH₄O₃S to treat HIV infected patients.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce nelfinavir?
- US /nɛlˈfɪn.əˌvɪɹ/
Nelfinavir has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is nelfinavir?
Nelfinavir appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate nelfinavir?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of nelfinavir: NFV.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does nelfinavir come from?
From [Term?] + -navir (“HIV protease inhibitor”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).