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xanthine oxidases

xanthine oxidases is the plural of xanthine oxidase.

Meaning of xanthine oxidase

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

Questions about xanthine oxidases

What is xanthine oxidases the plural of?
Xanthine oxidases is the plural of xanthine oxidase.

Words near xanthine oxidases in the dictionary

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

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