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cephams

cephams is the plural of cepham.

Meaning of cepham

Noun

cepham (plural cephams)

  1. one of a class of antibiotics, including the cephalosporins, that contain a bicyclic heterocyclic structure - 5-thia-1-azabicyclo[4.2.0]octan-8-one

Questions about cephams

What is cephams the plural of?
Cephams is the plural of cepham.

Words near cephams in the dictionary

  1. cephalotropisms
  2. cephalous
  3. Cephalus
  4. cephalæa
  5. cepham
  6. cephams
  7. cephamycin
  8. cephamycinase
  9. cephamycinases
  10. cephamycins
  11. cephaperazone

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