stavudine
noun
stav·u·dine
ˈstav-yü-ˌdēn 
: a synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C10H12N2O4 that is an analog of thymidine and is administered orally in the treatment of HIV infection : d4t
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stavudine
noun
stav·u·dine
ˈstav-yü-ˌdēn
: a synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C10H12N2O4 that is an analog of thymidine and is administered orally in the treatment of HIV infection
called also d4T
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