Pronunciation: n ə - ' vir- ə - ˌ p ē n, - ' v ī -r ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: perhaps from ne- (by reversal of en zyme) + vir al + dipyridodi a ze pin one, class of drugs to which nevirapine 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