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13 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
originFrom penicillin + -ase.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- penicillins 15
- penicillia 14
- penicillin 14
- callipees 13
- capellini 13
- cipailles 13
- cisalpine 13
- pinnacles 13
- pliancies 13
- allspice 12
- calipees 12
- callipee 12