See Also: Thienamycins(medicine)

environs (iou) and Thienamycins (medicine)


environs (iou)



environs noun pl. M17.
[French, pl. of environ: see ENVIRON verb.]
The district surrounding a place, esp. an urban area. (Foll. by of.)

Thienamycins (medicine)


thienamycins
Beta-lactam antibiotics that differ from penicillins in having the thiazolidine sulfur atom replaced by carbon, the sulfur then becoming the first atom in the side chain. They are unstable chemically, but have a very broad antibacterial spectrum. Thienamycin and its more stable Derivatives are proposed for use in combinations with enzyme inhibitors.