Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nrti

1 sense of nrti

Sense 1
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NRTI -- (an antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs)
       => reverse transcriptase inhibitor -- (an antiviral drug that inhibits the action of reverse transcriptase in retroviruses such as HIV)