Taber's Medical Dictionary
beta-lactamase, β-lactamase
(bāt″ă lak′tă-mās″, -māz″ )
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Beta-lactamase, Β-lactamase." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/all/beta_lactamase__.
Beta-lactamase, β-lactamase. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/all/beta_lactamase__. Accessed April 22, 2026.
Beta-lactamase, β-lactamase. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/all/beta_lactamase__
Beta-lactamase, Β-lactamase [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 22]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/768766/all/beta_lactamase__.
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