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OXIDASE

Dictionary entry overview: What does oxidase mean?

• OXIDASE (noun)
The noun OXIDASE has 1 sense:

1. any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation

Familiarity information: OXIDASE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OXIDASE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("oxidase" is a kind of...):

enzyme (any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oxidase"):

peroxidase (any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide)

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