NEVIRAPINE

noun Etymology: perhaps from ne- (by reversal of enzyme) + viral + dipyridodiazepinone, class of drugs to which ~ belongs Date: 1991 an antiretroviral drug C 15 H 14 N 4 O that inhibits reverse transcriptase and is administered orally in combination with at least one other antiretroviral in the treatment of infection by HIV-1 and AIDS