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Meaning of adefovir dipivoxil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.

uncountable

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Examples

“I joined Gilead Sciences in 1990, and by 1999 we were in the final stage of about five or six years of work in creating the drug adefovir dipivoxil to treat H.I.V. The drug wasn’t approved by the F.D.A. for H.I.V. because the data showed evidence of kidney toxicity.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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