famciclovir
/fæmˈsaɪ.kloʊˌvɪɹ/noun
famciclovir is a noun meaning “A prodrug form C₁₄H₁₉N₅O₄ of the antiviral agent penciclovir that after oral administration is converted to penciclovir by cellular kinases and that…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-M-C-I-C-L-O-V-I-R and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 72 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does famciclovir mean?
noun
- 1
A prodrug form C₁₄H₁₉N₅O₄ of the antiviral agent penciclovir that after oral administration is converted to penciclovir by cellular kinases and that is used for the treatment of shingles and herpes genitalis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce famciclovir?
- US /fæmˈsaɪ.kloʊˌvɪɹ/
Famciclovir has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is famciclovir?
Famciclovir appears about once in every 72 million words in written English, the 269,040th 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).
Where does famciclovir come from?
From [Term?] + -ciclovir (“bicyclic heterocycle compound”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).