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xanthine oxidase

xanthine oxidase noun: a crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

Noun

xanthine oxidase (plural xanthine oxidases)

  1. A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.
    Synonyms:
    xanthinoxidase

Synonyms of xanthine oxidase

Forms of xanthine oxidase

pluralxanthine oxidases

Words formed from xanthine oxidase

Questions about xanthine oxidase

What does xanthine oxidase mean?
Xanthine oxidase means a crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.
What part of speech is xanthine oxidase?
Xanthine oxidase is a noun.
What is the plural of xanthine oxidase?
The plural of xanthine oxidase is xanthine oxidases.

Words near xanthine oxidase in the dictionary

  1. xanthids
  2. xanthidylic
  3. xanthidylic acid
  4. xanthin
  5. xanthine
  6. xanthine oxidase
  7. xanthine oxidases
  8. xanthines
  9. xanthinic
  10. xanthinin
  11. xanthinine

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