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lactam

English

Noun

lactam (plural lactams)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.

Usage notes

Greek prefixes indicate the ring size e.g. ?- 3-membered, ?- 4-membered.

Translations

See also

  • alpha-lactam
  • beta-lactam

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /l???t?m/

Numeral

lactám

  1. sixty

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

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lactamase

English

Etymology

lactam +? -ase

Noun

lactamase (plural lactamases)

  1. (biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the opening of a lactam ring, especially one that deactivates a lactam-containing antibiotic

Hypernyms

  • enzyme

Derived terms

  • beta-lactamase

See also

  • beta-lactamase on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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