ACYCLOVIR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does acyclovir mean? 

• ACYCLOVIR (noun)
  The noun ACYCLOVIR has 1 sense:

1. an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

  Familiarity information: ACYCLOVIR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACYCLOVIR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

acyclovir; Zovirax

Hypernyms ("acyclovir" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

 Context examples 

Acyclovir is further converted to cyclovir triphosphate by viral thymidine kinase and competitively inhibits viral DNA polymerase by incorporating into the growing viral DNA chain and terminating further polymerization.

(Desciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

After conversion in vivo to the active metabolite acyclovir triphosphate by viral thymidine kinase, acyclovir competitively inhibits viral DNA polymerase by incorporating into the growing viral DNA chain and terminating further polymerization.

(Acyclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of acyclovir, a synthetic analog of the purine nucleoside, guanosine, with potent antiviral activity against herpes simplex viruses type 1 and 2, varicella-zoster virus and other viruses of the herpesvirus family.

(Acyclovir Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A prodrug of acyclovir with activity against viruses in the herpesvirus family.

(Desciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

Desciclovir is absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is converted to acyclovir by xanthine oxidase.

(Desciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)