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vidarabine

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vi⋅dar⋅a⋅bine

  [vahy-dar-uh-bahyn]
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–noun Pharmacology.
an antiviral substance, C10H15N5O4, produced by the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus and used in immunosuppressed patients for the treatment of serious infections caused by herpesviruses.
Also called adenosine arabinoside.

Origin:
1975–80; vi(ral) + d- + arab(inose) + (aden)ine
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Main Entry: vid·ar·a·bine
Pronunciation: vid-'är-&-"bEn
Function: noun
: an antiviral agentC10H13N5O4·H2O derived from adenine and arabinoside and used especially to treat keratitis and encephalitis caused by the herpes simplexvirus called also adenine arabinoside, ara-A
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vidarabine vi·dar·a·bine (vĭ-dār'ə-bēn')
n.
A purine nucleoside obtained from a species of Streptomyces and used in the treatment of herpes simplex infections.

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