BETA-LACTAMASE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic
   Synonym(s)
   • penicillinase (what does penicillinase mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) beta-lactamase is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • enzyme (what does enzyme mean?)