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carbapenemases

carbapenemases is the plural of carbapenemase.

Meaning of carbapenemase

Noun

carbapenemase (countable and uncountable, plural carbapenemases)

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

Questions about carbapenemases

What is carbapenemases the plural of?
Carbapenemases is the plural of carbapenemase.

Words near carbapenemases in the dictionary

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

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