Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A synthetic nucleoside analog, C9H13N5O4, derived from guanine and used in the prevention and treatment of opportunistic cytomegalovirus infections.

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  • noun An antiviral medication used to treat or prevent cytomegalovirus infections.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[gan-, origin unknown + alteration of (a)cyclovir.]

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Examples

  • Acyclovir (brand name: ZOVIRAX), the oral version of ganciclovir, is taken three times a day for 100 days after the transplant.

    Medications after liver transplant 2009

  • The FDA said that it had not blocked importation of the generic antiviral ganciclovir, which is also made at the facilities, on the basis that Ranbaxy is the sole supplier to the US market.

    in-PharmaTechnologist RSS 2008

  • Antiviral agents such as ganciclovir and valacyclovir are already in routine clinical use for treating active viral infections.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Antiviral agents such as ganciclovir and valacyclovir are already in routine clinical use for treating active viral infections.

    EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

  • Antiviral agents such as ganciclovir and valacyclovir are already in routine clinical use for treating active viral infections.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • Consequently, ganciclovir has proven to be a much better inhibitor of HCMV replication than acyclovir (132-134).

    Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy 1988

  • AiCuris says that AIC246 also demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of one patient who had developed viremia due to HCMV that was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir.

    GEN News Highlights 2010

  • AiCuris says that AIC246 also demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of one patient who had developed viremia due to HCMV that was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir.

    GEN News Highlights 2010

  • Elshami AA, Saavedra A, Zhang H, Kucharczuk JC, Spray DC, et al. (1996) Gap junctions play a role in the 'bystander effect' of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase/ganciclovir system in vitro.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Donna N. Douglas et al. 2010

  • AiCuris says that AIC246 also demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of one patient who had developed viremia due to HCMV that was resistant to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir.

    GEN News Highlights 2010

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