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OXIDATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

Synonyms:

oxidation; oxidisation; oxidization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("oxidation" is a kind of...):

chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oxidation"):

calcination (the conversion of metals into their oxides as a result of heating to a high temperature)

burning; combustion (a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light)

nitrification (the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants))

rust; rusting (the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water)

Derivation:

oxidate (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

oxidate (enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide)

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 Context examples: 

This protein is involved in the oxidation of arachidonic acid.

(Arachidonate 12-Lipoxygenase, 12R-Type, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the oxidation of alcohols.

(ADH4 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes alcohol dehydrogenase 1C protein, plays a role in alcohol oxidation.

(ADH1C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Examples of oxidation are rust and the brown color on a cut apple.

(Oxidation, NCI Dictionary)

Other molecules in newition to fatty acids can also enter the omega oxidation pathway.

(Omega-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This allele, which encodes medium-chain specific acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, mitochondrial protein, plays a role in lipid oxidation.

(ACADM wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The research also revealed that sunflower oil induced fibrosis, ultrastructural alterations, gene expression blockades and high oxidation.

(Long-term consumption of sunflower and fish oils damages the liver, University of Granada)

Combined with a previous study from the DeBerardinis lab that showed activated glucose oxidation in tumors, the results of this study are challenging the tenets of the Warburg effect.

(Study Challenges Long-Standing Concept in Cancer Metabolism, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The beta-oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria progressively shortens fatty acids two-carbons at a time as acetyl-CoA units are removed with each round of the cycle.

(Oxidation of Odd-Numbered Chain Fatty Acid Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Rising sea levels, for example, would result in increased sulfate, which could fuel greater rates of anaerobic oxidation.

(Methane-eating microorganisms help regulate emissions from wetlands, NSF)