Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun non-nucleoside_reverse_transcriptase_inhibitor

1 sense of non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Sense 1
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI -- (an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; 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)