Where does “-ciclovir” come from?

-ciclovir (English) comes from English aciclovir, from English acycloguanosine, from English a-, from Middle English a-, from Old English ā-, from Old English ar-, from Proto-West Germanic uʀ-, from Proto-Germanic uz- — out, outward.

-ciclovir (English): Used to form names of bicyclic heterocycle compounds used as antivirals

Definitions

  1. Used to form names of bicyclic heterocycle compounds used as antivirals

Ancestry of “-ciclovir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaciclovirA 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
2EnglishacycloguanosineA guanosine analogue antiviral drug
3Englisha-"arise, await"; "abide, amaze"; In, on, at; used...
4Middle Englisha-up, out, away; of; on, in
5Old Englishā-a-; away, out
6Old Englishar-
7Proto-West Germanicuʀ-out, over; off, away
8Proto-Germanicuz-up, out
9Proto-Indo-Europeanuss-
10Proto-Indo-Europeanuds-up, out
11Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

Words derived from “-ciclovir

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