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oxacephems

oxacephems is the plural of oxacephem.

Meaning of oxacephem

Noun

oxacephem (plural oxacephems)

  1. A derivative of cephem in which an oxygen atom has been substituted for sulfur; the basis for a group of antibiotics

Questions about oxacephems

What is oxacephems the plural of?
Oxacephems is the plural of oxacephem.

Words near oxacephems in the dictionary

  1. oxaboroles
  2. oxacarbazepine
  3. oxacarbenium
  4. oxacarbeniums
  5. oxacephem
  6. oxacephems
  7. oxaceprol
  8. oxachelin
  9. oxacid
  10. oxacids
  11. oxacilinase

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