Definitions for lactams

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lactams lac·tam

Spelling: [lak-tam]

IPA: /ˈlæk tæm/

Lactams is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in lactams (aaclmst).

Definitions for lactams

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 lactams

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