拉米夫定

Traditional form:

拉米夫定

Pinyin (reading):

Lāmǐfūdìng

Definitions:

• Lamivudine, reverse transcriptase inhibitor marketed by GlaxoSmithKline and widely used in the treatment of hepatitis B and AIDS
• brand names include Zeffix, Heptovir, Epivir and Epivir-HBV

Characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 米 - rice, millet, grain
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
• 定 - to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

Traditional characters:

• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 米 - rice, millet, grain
• 夫 - man, husband; worker; those
• 定 - to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure