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carbapenemase

carbapenemase noun: any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them.

Noun

carbapenemase (countable and uncountable, plural carbapenemases)

  1. Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them.

Forms of carbapenemase

pluralcarbapenemases

Origin of carbapenemase

From carbapenem + -ase.

Words formed from carbapenemase

  • Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase
  • K. pneumoniae carbapenemase

Questions about carbapenemase

What does carbapenemase mean?
Carbapenemase means any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them.
What part of speech is carbapenemase?
Carbapenemase is a noun.
What is the plural of carbapenemase?
The plural of carbapenemase is carbapenemases.

Words near carbapenemase in the dictionary

  1. carbapatites
  2. carbapenam
  3. carbapenamase
  4. carbapenams
  5. carbapenem
  6. carbapenemase
  7. carbapenemases
  8. carbapeneme
  9. carbapenemes
  10. carbapenems
  11. carbaporphyrinoid

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