English Explanatory Dictionary

carbapenemase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them

Word forms

carbapenemase carbapenemases

Etymology

From carbapenem + -ase.

Related words

Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase K. pneumoniae carbapenemase

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