ACYCLOVIR

acyclovir, Zovirax

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

acyclovir (usually uncountable, plural acyclovirs)

(pharmaceutical drug) An antiviral drug used in the treatment of genital herpes. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• acycloguanosine

• Avirax

• Zovirax

Source: Wiktionary



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SUSPENDED

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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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