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Meaning of cephalosporinase | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Any enzyme that hydrolyses (the lactam ring of a ) cephalosporin

Examples

“Resistance to β-lactams is mainly due to enzymatic degradation by a chromosomal cephalosporinase, plasmid-mediated broad spectrum β-lactamases, and recently acquired carbapenemases [4, 6, 7, 9 –14 ].”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

cephalosporine cephalostat cephalostatin cephalostyle cephalotaxine cephalothin