acyclovir

acyclovir
/ay suy"kloh vear', -kleuh-/, n. Pharm.
a crystalline compound, C18H11N5O3, used as an antiviral drug in the treatment of herpes infections.
[1980-85; perh. acyclo(guanosine) an earlier name for the compound (A-6 + CYCLO- + guanosine a nucleotide) + VIR(US) or VIR(AL)]

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