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New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1
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English
New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1
Alternative forms
en New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1
Etymology
From en New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1.
From its place of discovery, New Delhi, that it is a metallo-beta-lactamase, and that it is the first.
Noun
- New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1
An enzyme conferring resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics.
A gene that codes for the enzyme.
Synonyms
en NDM-1 abbreviation
Hypernyms
en New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase
enzyme en metallo-beta-lactamase
gene en superbug gene
Derived terms
en NDM-1 abbreviation
en New Delhi superbug a superbug made "super" by NDM-1