aciclovir
/eɪˈsaɪ.kloʊˌvɪɹ/noun
aciclovir is a noun meaning “A cyclic synthetic nucleoside C₈H₁₁N₅O₃ used as an antiviral drug (trademarks Avirax, Zovirax) chiefly in the treatment of chicken pox, shingles, the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-C-I-C-L-O-V-I-R and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does aciclovir mean?
noun
- 1
A cyclic synthetic nucleoside C₈H₁₁N₅O₃ used as an antiviral drug (trademarks Avirax, Zovirax) chiefly in the treatment of chicken pox, shingles, the genital form of herpes simplex, and AIDS.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce aciclovir?
- UK /eɪˈsaɪ.klə(ʊ)ˌvɪə/
- US /eɪˈsaɪ.kloʊˌvɪɹ/
- US /eɪˈsaɪ.kləˌvɪɹ/
Aciclovir has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of aciclovir
- acyclovir
- acycloguanosine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is aciclovir?
Aciclovir appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th 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).
Aciclovir in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | acyclovir |
| German | Aciclovir |
| Portuguese | aciclovir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does aciclovir come from?
From acyclo(guanosine) + -vir (“antiviral”). Analyzable as a- + cyclo- + -vir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).