Medical Dictionary
beta–lactam
noun be·ta–lac·tam
Medical Definition of BETA-LACTAM
: any of a large class of natural and semisynthetic antibiotics (as the penicillins and cephalosporins) with a lactam ring
Variants of BETA-LACTAM
be·ta–lac·tam or β–lactam \ˌbāt-ə-ˈlak-ˌtam, chiefly British ˌbē-tə-\
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