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    DRUG COCKTAIL

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A combination of protease inhibitors taken with reverse transcriptase inhibitors; used in treating AIDS and HIVplay

    Synonyms:

    drug cocktail; HAART; highly active antiretroviral therapy

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("drug cocktail" is a kind of...):

    medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

    Meronyms (parts of "drug cocktail"):

    NNRTI; non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA; often used in combination with other drugs)

    NRTI; nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (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)

    PI; protease inhibitor (an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs)

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