carbapenem
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Noun edit
carbapenem (plural carbapenems)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotics that are resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English carbapenem.
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Noun edit
carbapenem m (plural carbapenemes or carbapenems or carbapenem)
- (pharmacology) carbapenem
- Synonym: carbapenémico
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Further reading edit
- “carbapenem” in Diccionario de términos médicos, Real Academia Nacional de Medicina, 2012.