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hetacillin

hetacillin noun: a beta-lactam that is converted by the body to ampicillin.

Noun

hetacillin (uncountable)

  1. A beta-lactam that is converted by the body to ampicillin.

Forms of hetacillin

alternative formphenazacillin

Origin of hetacillin

From [Term?] + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).

Questions about hetacillin

What does hetacillin mean?
Hetacillin means a beta-lactam that is converted by the body to ampicillin.
What part of speech is hetacillin?
Hetacillin is a noun.

Words near hetacillin in the dictionary

  1. het Bildt
  2. Het Hogeland
  3. het up
  4. het-
  5. heta
  6. hetacillin
  7. hetaera
  8. hetaerae
  9. hetaeras
  10. hetaeric
  11. hetaerism

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