Definitions for lactam

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lactam lac·tam

Spelling: [lak-tam]

IPA: /ˈlæk tæm/

Lactam is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in lactam (aaclmt).

Definitions for lactam

noun

1. any of a group of cyclic amides characterized by the NHCO group, derived from aminocarboxylic acids by the intramolecular elimination of water from the amino and carboxylic groups.

Origin of lactam

First recorded in 1880-85; lact(one) + am(ide)