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

1 sense of lamivudine

Sense 1
lamivudine, 3TC -- (a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that is very effective in combination with zidovudine in treating AIDS and HIV)
       => 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)