1. An antiviral drug used against HIV; is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process; results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus; often used in combination with other drugs
   "The patient's combination therapy included a NRTI";
   - nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Type of: reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Part of: drug cocktail, HAART, highly active antiretroviral therapy

Encyclopedia: NRTI