Meanings
nounbrobactam (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA beta-lactam antibiotic.
Origin
- Ancient Greekβρῶμος (brômos)
- Frenchbrome
- Englishbrome
- Englishbromine
- Englishbromo-
- Proto-Semitic*bayt-
- Phoenician𐤁𐤕 (bt)
- Ancient Greekβῆτᾰ (bêtă)
- Englishbeta
- Latinlac
- Englishlacto-
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishlac(tone)
- Egyptianjmn
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)
- LatinAmmōn
- Latinammoniacus
- Englishammonia
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englisham(ide)
- Englishlactam
- Englishbeta-lactam
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
- Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
- Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
- Englishdiastase
- Englishbeta-lactamase
- Englishbrobactam
From bro(mo)- + -bactam (“β-lactamase inhibitor”).
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APA
brobactam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brobactam
MLA
“brobactam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brobactam. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brobactam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brobactam.
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