noun
beta-lactam class; beta-lactam antibiotic
Technical term used in medicine and pharmacology to refer to the class of antibiotics that contain a beta-lactam ring, such as penicillins and cephalosporins.
ベータラクタム系抗生物質は細菌の細胞壁合成を阻害する。
Beta-lactam antibiotics inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis.
This patient was prescribed a beta-lactam drug.