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PENICILLINASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
Synonyms:
beta-lactamase; penicillinase
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("penicillinase" is a kind of...):
enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)
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