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Where does “dideoxycytidine” come from?

dideoxycytidine (English) comes from English dideoxy, from English deoxy-, from English de-, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē, from Latin post, from Latin poste, from Proto-Italic posti — afterwards, post; by, at.

dideoxycytidine (English): The drug zalcitabine

Definitions

  1. The drug zalcitabine

Ancestry of “dideoxycytidine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdideoxyLacking two hydroxyl groups
2Englishdeoxy-Formally derived from another compound by the...
3Englishde-reversal, undoing, removing; Intensifying; from,...
4Latindē-—
5Latindē—
6Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
7Latinposteablative singular of postis
8Proto-Italicposti—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpósti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at
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