abacavir
/əˈbæk.əˌvɪɹ/noun
abacavir is spelled A-B-A-C-A-V-I-R: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abacavir means “An antiretroviral drug (trademark Ziagen) taken orally in the form of its sulfate (C₁₄H₁₈N₆O)₂·H₂SO₄ in combination with other antiretroviral drugs…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in abacavir?
| Letters | 8: A-B-A-C-A-V-I-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 45 million words; the 206,808th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abacavir?
Abacavir appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce abacavir?
- UK /əˈbak.əˌvɪə/
- US /əˈbæk.əˌvɪɹ/
Abacavir has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-abacavir.ogg, En-us-abacavir.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does abacavir mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An antiretroviral drug (trademark Ziagen) taken orally in the form of its sulfate (C₁₄H₁₈N₆O)₂·H₂SO₄ in combination with other antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infections. It is a synthetic nucleoside analog that acts by inhibiting reverse transcriptase. It causes potentially serious hypersensitivity reactions in a small percentage of patients.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does abacavir come from?
From [Term?] + -cavir (“carbocyclic nucleoside”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).