Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an antiviral drug used against HIV;
binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA;
often used in combination with other drugs;
[syn: non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
n 1: an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to
reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA;
often used in combination with other drugs [syn: non-
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, NNRTI]