daclatasvir

D2A1C3L1A1T1A1S1V4I1R1

noun

A drug for the treatment of hepatitis C.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

noundaclatasvir (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineA drug for the treatment of hepatitis C.

    In contrast, the HIV-1 protease inhibitor nelfinavir or the HCV NS5A inhibitor daclatasvir only blocks the replication of a single virus in the “co-infection” system.

    2015 August 12, “The Novel Cyclophilin Inhibitor CPI-431-32 Concurrently Blocks HCV and HIV-1 Infections via a Similar Mechanism of Action”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From [Term?] + -asvir (“hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitor”).

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Chicago

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