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HYDRAZINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless fuming corrosive liquid; a powerful reducing agent; used chiefly in rocket fuels
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hydrazine" is a kind of...):
reducer; reducing agent; reductant (a substance capable of bringing about the reduction of another substance as it itself is oxidized; used in photography to lessen the density of a negative or print by oxidizing some of the loose silver)
Holonyms ("hydrazine" is a part of...):
rocket fuel; rocket propellant; rocket propellent (an explosive charge that propels a rocket)
Context examples:
In psychiatry, the use of hydrazine derivatives is limited due to the emergence of the tricyclic antidepressants.
(Hydrazine, NCI Thesaurus)
A hydrazine derivative of dopa.
(Carbidopa, NCI Thesaurus)
Hydrazine inhibits the enzyme phosphoenol pyruvate carboxykinase, thereby blocking gluconeogenesis.
(Hydrazine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
In biological applications, hydrazine and its derivatives exhibit antidepressant properties by inhibiting monoamine oxidase (MAO), an enzyme that catalyzes the deamination and inactivation of certain stimulatory neurotransmitters such as norepinephrine and dopamine.
(Hydrazine, NCI Thesaurus)
Classified as a likely human carcinogen, hydrazine sulfate is also a weak inhibitor of mono-amine oxidase (MAO).
(Hydrazine sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
