Explore Lactams through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Lactams meaning
plural of lactam
Using Lactams
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of lactam
Context around Lactams
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lactams
- In this selection, "lactams" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, beta, except and causes stand out and add context to how "lactams" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all beta lactams have the and all β lactams except monobactams. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lactams" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lactams
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cyclic amides are called lactams ; they are necessarily secondary or tertiary amides. (12 words)
Both hydrolyse all β-lactams except monobactams, and evade all β-lactam inhibitors. (13 words)
However, as a general risk, research shows that all beta lactams have the intrinsic hazard of very serious hazardous reactions in susceptible patients. (23 words)
AmpC AmpC-producing strains are typically resistant to oxyimino-beta lactams and to cephamycins and are susceptible to carbapenems ; however, diminished porin expression can make such a strain carbapenem-resistant as well. (32 words)
By convention, the bicyclic β-lactams are numbered starting with the position occupied by sulfur in the penams and cephems, regardless of which atom it is in a given class. (30 words)
Inhibition of cross-linkage by β-lactams causes a build-up of peptidoglycan precursors, which triggers the digestion of existing peptidoglycan by autolytic hydrolases without the production of new peptidoglycan. (30 words)
Example sentences (6)
AmpC AmpC-producing strains are typically resistant to oxyimino-beta lactams and to cephamycins and are susceptible to carbapenems ; however, diminished porin expression can make such a strain carbapenem-resistant as well.
Both hydrolyse all β-lactams except monobactams, and evade all β-lactam inhibitors.
By convention, the bicyclic β-lactams are numbered starting with the position occupied by sulfur in the penams and cephems, regardless of which atom it is in a given class.
Cyclic amides are called lactams ; they are necessarily secondary or tertiary amides.
However, as a general risk, research shows that all beta lactams have the intrinsic hazard of very serious hazardous reactions in susceptible patients.
Inhibition of cross-linkage by β-lactams causes a build-up of peptidoglycan precursors, which triggers the digestion of existing peptidoglycan by autolytic hydrolases without the production of new peptidoglycan.