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beta-lactams

beta-lactams is the plural of beta-lactam.

Meaning of beta-lactam

Noun

beta-lactam (plural beta-lactams)

  1. A lactam having a four-membered ring structure; a structural element of many antibiotics such as penicillin.

Questions about beta-lactams

What is beta-lactams the plural of?
Beta-lactams is the plural of beta-lactam.

Words near beta-lactams in the dictionary

  1. beta-hydroxyisovalerylshikonin
  2. beta-lactam
  3. beta-lactamase
  4. beta-lactamases
  5. beta-lactamic
  6. beta-lactams
  7. beta-lipoprotein
  8. beta-lipoproteins
  9. beta-methylacrylic acid
  10. beta-naphthol
  11. beta-oxidation

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