oxidative

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/

Adjective

oxidative (not comparable)

1. (chemistry) Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
   • 2013 March, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 4 January 2017, page 83:

     It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.

Antonyms

• reductive

Derived terms

• antioxidative
• autooxidative
• electrooxidative
• hyperoxidative
• nonoxidative
• oxidatively
• oxidative phosphorylation
• oxidative stress
• photooxidative
• prooxidative
• superoxidative

 

Translations

Relating to oxidation

• French: oxydatif (fr)
• Hungarian: oxidatív (hu)
• Italian: ossidativo
• Portuguese: oxidativo
• Spanish: oxidativo

German

Adjective

oxidative

1. inflection of oxidativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular