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penicilloic

penicilloic adjective: relating to any carboxylic acid derived from a penicillin by hydrolysis of its lactam ring.

Adjective

penicilloic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to any carboxylic acid derived from a penicillin by hydrolysis of its lactam ring
    • (c,d) Interaction of abacavir and penicilloic acid, respectively, with the amino acids in the binding pocket.2015 June 18, SS Ho et al., “Relationships Between Pharmacovigilance, Molecular, Structural, and Pathway Data: Revealing Mechanisms for Immune-Mediated Drug-Induced Liver Injury”, in CPT...

Origin of penicilloic

From penicillin + -oic.

Words formed from penicilloic

Questions about penicilloic

What does penicilloic mean?
Penicilloic means relating to any carboxylic acid derived from a penicillin by hydrolysis of its lactam ring.
What part of speech is penicilloic?
Penicilloic is an adjective.

Words near penicilloic in the dictionary

  1. penicillinizing
  2. penicillins
  3. penicilliosis
  4. penicillium
  5. penicilliums
  6. penicilloic
  7. penicilloic acid
  8. penicilloside
  9. penicillosis
  10. penicilloyl
  11. penicilloyls

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