Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
fam·ci·clo·vir Pronunciation:
"fam-'sI-klO-"vir Function:
noun : a precursorC
14H
19N
5O
4 of the antiviral agent penciclovir that after oral administration is converted to penciclovir by cellular kinases and that is used to treatespecially shingles and herpes genitalis —see
FAMVIR