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OXIDIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add oxygen to or combine with oxygen

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "oxidize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

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

rust (become coated with oxide)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "oxidize"):

catabolise; catabolize (subject to catabolism)

breathe (reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

deoxidize (to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons)

Derivation:

oxidant (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

oxide (any compound of oxygen with another element or a radical)

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

oxidizer (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide

Example:

This metal oxidizes easily

Synonyms:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "oxidize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

oxidate; oxidise; oxidize (add oxygen to or combine with oxygen)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "oxidize"):

rust (become coated with oxide)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

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

Credits

 Context examples: 

A stabilized formulation of disodium glutathione disulfide (GSSG; oxidized glutathione) and cisplatin (1000:1) with potential chemoprotective and immunomodulating activities.

(Glutathione Disulfide NOV-002, NCI Thesaurus)

The process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound accompanied by a loss of electrons.

(Oxidation, NCI Thesaurus)

The oxidized substrate is regarded as a hydrogen donor.

(Oxidoreductase Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

In the process, the "oxidizing agent" is itself reduced by the "reducing agent."

(Oxidation/Reduction, NCI Thesaurus)

Paraffin is unaffected by most common chemical reagents but oxidizes readily.

(Paraffin, NCI Thesaurus)

Compounds that contain Ozone, a highly active oxidizing agent that have application in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, cancer diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of disease progression.

(Ozone-based Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

CYP450 enzymes oxidize xenobiotics, especially drugs and carcinogens, as well as certain endogenous substances.

(Phase I Enzymes Inhibitor, NCI Thesaurus)

The oxidized disulfide form of glutathione (GSH) with potential protective activity.

(Oxiglutatione, NCI Thesaurus)

The enzymatically synthesized isoform, 1,3-isoform diacylglycerol, is suggested to decrease formation of chylomicrons as well as shunting them directly to the liver through the portal vein where they are oxidized.

(Diacylglycerol, NCI Thesaurus)

Fatty acids are oxidized inside the mitochondrial matrix but the fatty acids to be oxidized come from the cytosol.

(Mitochondrial Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)