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molnupiravir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mol-nupi-ravir
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antiviral drug developed to treat COVID-19, the first to obtain regulatory approval in the Western World, from the MHRA in the United Kingdom.

Uncountable

Etymology

From -vir. Coined by Merck in 2020, named after Thor's Hammer; from Old Norse Mjǫllnir

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

nirmatrelvir ester hydroxylamine isobutyrate propanoate pyrimidine uridine

Synonyms

Lagevrio MK-4482 EIDD-2801 CAS 2349386-89-4 CAS 2492423-29-5 [(2R,3S,4R,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[4-(hydroxyamino)-2-oxopyrimidin-1-yl]oxolan-2-yl]methyl-2-methylpropanoate uridine 4-oxime 5′-(2-methylpropanoate)

Questions

What does molnupiravir mean?
An antiviral drug developed to treat COVID-19, the first to obtain regulatory approval in the Western World, from the MHRA in the United Kingdom.
Where does molnupiravir come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

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