cephalosporanic acid

noun

The bicyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid that is the base compound of the cephalosporin antibiotics

Meanings

nouncephalosporanic acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryThe bicyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid that is the base compound of the cephalosporin antibiotics
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