oxidase
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See also: Oxidase
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
oxide + -ase introduced by Gabriel Bertrand
Noun[edit]
oxidase (plural oxidases)
- (biochemistry) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.
- 1915, “Hemoglobin in Anemia”, in American Medicine, volume 21, page 22:
- The effects of hemoglobin in anemia and chlorosis, and even in tuberculosis, are due to its triple action; it acts opotherapeutically, through the blood oxydases, which it contains when properly prepared.
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Translations[edit]
oxidase enzyme
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Verb[edit]
oxidase