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(organic chemistry, pharmacology) A dehydropeptidase inhibitor that is used in association with certain antibiotics to prevent them being inactivated.
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Cilastatin means (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A dehydropeptidase inhibitor that is used in association with certain antibiotics to prevent them being inactivated.
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