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indinavir

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in·din·a·vir   (ĭn-dĭn'ə-vîr)   
n.  A protease-inhibiting drug usually used in combination with other drugs to suppress the replication of HIV.

[Alteration of inde(ne) + -navir, protease inhibitor suffix (from saquinavir).]
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Main Entry: in·din·a·vir
Pronunciation: (")in-'din-&-"vir
Function: noun
: an antiviral protease inhibitorC36H47N5O4 that by inhibiting the protease of HIV causes it to produce only immature noninfectious particles and that is used in the form of its sulfate incombination therapy with antiretroviral drugs (as AZT and lamivudine) to treat HIV infection —see CRIXIVAN
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