peroxides

Noun

peroxide (countable and uncountable, plural peroxides)

1. A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
2. Hydrogen peroxide, especially when in an aqueous solution used as a bleach.
3. Any compound containing the functional group R-O-O-R'.
   • Thus far, Dr. Petrakis said, he had found that in women with […] extractable breast fluid, the amount of lipid peroxides in the fluid was on the average seven times higher in Caucasian women than in women of Chinese de[s]cent. In addition, women with cystic breast disease, who face a higher than...1975 March 23, Jane Brody, “Clue to Cancer Found in Breast Fluid”, in The New York Times

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