carbapenemase

== English == === Etymology === From carbapenem +‎ -ase. === Noun === carbapenemase (countable and uncountable, plural carbapenemases) (biochemistry) Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them ==== Related terms ==== Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase ( KPC ) K. pneumoniae carbapenemase