zidovudine
/zɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/noun
zidovudine is a noun meaning “A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled Z-I-D-O-V-U-D-I-N-E and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 24 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of zidovudine is zidovudines.
What does zidovudine mean?
noun
- 1
A nucleoside analog reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄, a type of antiretroviral drug that inhibits replication of some retroviruses (such as HIV) and was first approved for the treatment of AIDS.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce zidovudine?
- UK /zɪˈdɒv.jʊ.diːn/
- UK /zɪˈdəʊ.vjʊ.diːn/
- US /zɪˈdoʊ.vjəˌdin/
Zidovudine has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of zidovudine
- zidovudines plural
- azidothymidine US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is zidovudine?
Zidovudine appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st 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 zidovudine?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of zidovudine: ZDV.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Zidovudine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | zidovudina |
| Spanish | zidovudina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does zidovudine come from?
Alteration of azidothymidine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).