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From carbapenem + -ase.
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carbapenemase
Today it means: Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them. Full definition →
Today it means: Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them. Full definition →
From carbapenem + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.