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cephalosporanic acid

cephalosporanic acid noun: the bicyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid that is the base compound of the cephalosporin antibiotics.

Noun

cephalosporanic acid (uncountable)

  1. The bicyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid that is the base compound of the cephalosporin antibiotics

Words formed from cephalosporanic acid

Questions about cephalosporanic acid

What does cephalosporanic acid mean?
Cephalosporanic acid means the bicyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid that is the base compound of the cephalosporin antibiotics.
What part of speech is cephalosporanic acid?
Cephalosporanic acid is a noun.

Words near cephalosporanic acid in the dictionary

  1. cephalosome
  2. cephalosomes
  3. cephalosporanate
  4. cephalosporanates
  5. cephalosporanic
  6. cephalosporanic acid
  7. cephalosporidine
  8. cephalosporin
  9. cephalosporinase
  10. cephalosporinases
  11. cephalosporine

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