NDM-1

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Noun

NDM-1 (uncountable)

  1. Abbreviation of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1 (an enzyme conferring resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics).
  2. A bacterial gene that produces the enzyme.

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