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acyclovir definition

acy·clo·vir (ā sī′klō vir′, -klə-)

noun

a synthetic, white, crystalline powder, CHON, used as a drug to treat infections caused by various types of herpesviruses

Etymology: acycl(ic) + -o- + (anti)vir(al)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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