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CLAVULANIC ACID

Specialty Definition: CLAVULANIC ACID

DomainDefinition

Health

Clavulanic acid (C8H9O5N) and its salts and esters. The acid is a suicide inhibitor of bacterial beta-lactamase enzymes from Streptomyces clavuligerus. Administered alone, it has only weak antibacterial activity against most organisms, but given in combination with beta-lactam antibiotics prevents antibiotic inactivation by microbial lactamase. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CLAVULANIC ACID

Specialty definitions using "CLAVULANIC ACID": Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate CombinationClavulanic Acids. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CLAVULANIC ACID

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

clavulanic acid

10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CLAVULANIC ACID

Language Translations for "CLAVULANIC ACID"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

clavulaninsyre. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

clavulaninezuur. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

klavulaanihappo. (various references)

   

French

  

acide clavulanique. (various references)

   

German

  

Clavulansaüre, Clavulaninsäure. (various references)

   

Italian

  

acido clavulanico. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

avulanicclay aciday

   

Portuguese

  

ácido clavulanico. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ácido clavulánico. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

klavulansyra. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CLAVULANIC ACID

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-c-d-i-i-l-l-n-u-v"

-4 letters: canaliculi.

-5 letters: vaccinial.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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