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betalactam

betalactam is the alternative form 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.

Forms of betalactam

pluralbetalactams

Questions about betalactam

What is betalactam the alternative form of?
Betalactam is the alternative form of beta-lactam.

Words near betalactam in the dictionary

  1. betaish
  2. betake
  3. betaken
  4. betakes
  5. betaking
  6. betalactam
  7. betalactamase
  8. betalactamases
  9. betalactams
  10. betalain
  11. betalains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: betalactam (page history and authors); beta-lactam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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