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oxidase

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: enzyme

Narrower terms: peroxidase

History

Etymology

From oxide + -ase introduced by Gabriel Bertrand.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: oxidasa — oxidase enzyme
  • Chinese Cantonese: 氧化酶 (joeng5 faa3 mui4) — oxidase enzyme
  • Chinese Mandarin: 氧化酶 (yǎnghuàméi) — oxidase enzyme
  • Finnish: oksidaasi — oxidase enzyme
  • French: oxydase — oxidase enzyme
  • German: Oxidase — oxidase enzyme
  • Indonesian: oksidase — oxidase enzyme
  • Italian: ossidasi — oxidase enzyme