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carbacephem

carbacephem noun: any of a class of synthetic antibiotics based on the structure of cephalosporin, a cephem, that prevent bacterial cell division by inhibiting cell wall synthesis.

Noun

carbacephem (plural carbacephems)

  1. Any of a class of synthetic antibiotics based on the structure of cephalosporin, a cephem, that prevent bacterial cell division by inhibiting cell wall synthesis.

Forms of carbacephem

pluralcarbacephems

Questions about carbacephem

What does carbacephem mean?
Carbacephem means any of a class of synthetic antibiotics based on the structure of cephalosporin, a cephem, that prevent bacterial cell division by inhibiting cell wall synthesis.
What part of speech is carbacephem?
Carbacephem is a noun.
What is the plural of carbacephem?
The plural of carbacephem is carbacephems.

Words near carbacephem in the dictionary

  1. carbaalanates
  2. carbaalane
  3. carbaalanes
  4. carbaborane
  5. carbaboranes
  6. carbacephem
  7. carbacephems
  8. carbachol
  9. carbachols
  10. carbacidometer
  11. carbacidometers

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