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beta-lactam
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lactam /lac·tam/ (lak´tam) a cyclic amide formed from aminocarboxylic acids by elimination of water; lactams are isomeric with lactims, which are enol forms of lactams.
β-lactam  see under antibiotic.

beta-lactam
n.
Any of a class of broad-spectrum antibiotics that are structurally and pharmacologically related to the penicillins and cephalosporins.


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