penam (English, noun)
expansion: penam (plural penams)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bicyclic ring system containing a beta-lactam moiety fused with a five-member thiazolidine ring; the common core skeleton of the penicillin subclass of beta-lactam antibiotics.
Forms:
form: penams
tags: plural