ACYCLIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acyclic mean? 

• ACYCLIC (adjective)
  The adjective ACYCLIC has 2 senses:

1. not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls

2. having an open chain structure

  Familiarity information: ACYCLIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACYCLIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not cyclic; especially having parts arranged in spirals rather than whorls

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Antonym:

cyclic (forming a whorl or having parts arranged in a whorl)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Having an open chain structure

Synonyms:

acyclic; open-chain

Similar:

aliphatic (having carbon atoms linked in open chains)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Antonym:

cyclic (of a compound having atoms arranged in a ring structure)

 Context examples 

A prodrug of the acyclic nucleoside phosphonate analogue 9-(2-phosphonylmethoxyethyl)guanine (PMEG) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Nucleotide Analogue GS 9219, NCI Thesaurus)

Uterine bleeding, usually irregular or acyclic, between periods.

(Metrorrhagia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An alkoxyalkyl ester prodrug containing the synthetic, acyclic nucleoside monophosphate analog cidofovir linked, through its phosphonate group, to a lipid, 3-hexadecyloxy-1-propanol, with antiviral activity against double-stranded DNA viruses.

(Hexadecyloxypropyl Cidofovir, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyclic guanosine analog with activity against varicella zoster virus (VZV) and other members of the herpesvirus family.

(Omaciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic acyclic guanine derivative with antiviral activity, mainly used to treat infections from herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2.

(Penciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

An acyclic diterpene alcohol and a constituent of chlorophyll.

(Phytol, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally available, acyclic retinoid with potential antineoplastic and chemopreventive activities.

(Peretinoin, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of penciclovir, a synthetic acyclic guanine derivative with antiviral activity, mainly used to treat infections from herpes simplex virus (HSV) types 1 and 2.

(Penciclovir Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

These rings are highly stressed and more reactive than a typical acyclic ether.

(Epoxide Compound, NCI Thesaurus)

An anhydrous form of cidofovir, a synthetic, acyclic monophosphate nucleotide analog of deoxycytidine with antiviral activity, mostly used against cytomegalovirus (CMV).

(Cidofovir Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)