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oxydase

oxydase is the archaic form of oxidase.

Meaning of oxidase

Noun

oxidase (plural oxidases)

  1. Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.
    • 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.1915, “Hemoglobin in Anemia”, in American Medicine, volume 21, page 22

Forms of oxydase

pluraloxydases

Questions about oxydase

What is oxydase the archaic form of?
Oxydase is the archaic form of oxidase.

Words near oxydase in the dictionary

  1. oxycotton
  2. oxycrate
  3. oxycymene
  4. oxycymenes
  5. oxyd
  6. oxydase
  7. oxydases
  8. oxydate
  9. oxydated
  10. oxydates
  11. oxydating

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