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nitrosative stress

nitrosative stress noun: the reaction of body tissues to nitric oxide, nitrous oxide or similar species at levels greater than can be neutralized.

Noun

nitrosative stress (countable and uncountable, plural nitrosative stresses)

  1. The reaction of body tissues to nitric oxide, nitrous oxide or similar species at levels greater than can be neutralized.

Forms of nitrosative stress

pluralnitrosative stresses

Questions about nitrosative stress

What does nitrosative stress mean?
Nitrosative stress means the reaction of body tissues to nitric oxide, nitrous oxide or similar species at levels greater than can be neutralized.
What part of speech is nitrosative stress?
Nitrosative stress is a noun.
What is the plural of nitrosative stress?
The plural of nitrosative stress is nitrosative stresses.

Words near nitrosative stress in the dictionary

  1. nitrosates
  2. nitrosating
  3. nitrosation
  4. nitrosations
  5. nitrosative
  6. nitrosative stress
  7. nitrosative stresses
  8. nitroscanate
  9. nitrose
  10. nitrosidative
  11. nitrosimine

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