carbapenemase
noun
carbapenemase is spelled C-A-R-B-A-P-E-N-E-M-A-S-E: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, carbapenemase means “Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of carbapenemase is carbapenemases.
How many letters and syllables are in carbapenemase?
| Letters | 13: C-A-R-B-A-P-E-N-E-M-A-S-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is carbapenemase?
Carbapenemase appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of carbapenemase
- carbapenemases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does carbapenemase mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any lactamase that can hydrolyze carbapenem antibiotics and thus provide resistance to them.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does carbapenemase come from?
From carbapenem + -ase.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).