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acyclovir

acyclovir is the alternative spelling of aciclovir.

Meaning of aciclovir

Noun

aciclovir (uncountable)

  1. A cyclic synthetic nucleoside C₈H₁₁N₅O₃ used as an antiviral drug (trademarks Avirax, Zovirax) chiefly in the treatment of chicken pox, shingles, the genital form of herpes simplex, and AIDS.
    • In cells infected with the herpes virus, acyclovir is converted to a metabolic blocking agent, thereby largely overcoming the old and plaguing problem of toxicity to the host.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 443

Forms of acyclovir

pluralacyclovirs

Questions about acyclovir

What is acyclovir the alternative spelling of?
Acyclovir is the alternative spelling of aciclovir.

Words near acyclovir in the dictionary

  1. acyclical
  2. acyclicality
  3. acyclically
  4. acyclicity
  5. acycloguanosine
  6. acyclovir
  7. acyclovirs
  8. acyesis
  9. acyl
  10. acyl anhydride
  11. acyl anhydrides

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