Definition of Oxygenases

1. Noun. (plural of oxygenase) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oxygenases

1. oxygenase [n] - See also: oxygenase

Medical Definition of Oxygenases

1. Registry number: EC 1.13. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxygenases

oxygen isotopes
oxygen lance
oxygen mask
oxygen masks
oxygen poisoning
oxygen pulse
oxygen radical
oxygen radioisotopes
oxygen stone
oxygen tank
oxygen tent
oxygen therapy
oxygen toxicity
oxygen utilization coefficient
oxygenase
oxygenases (current term)
oxygenate
oxygenated
oxygenated haemoglobin
oxygenates
oxygenating
oxygenation
oxygenations
oxygenator
oxygenators
oxygenian
oxygenic
oxygenic photosynthesis
oxygenise
oxygenised

Literary usage of Oxygenases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry: For Students of Medicine and Physicians by Charles Edmund Simon (1904)
"(a) THE oxygenases.—These are supposedly of albuminous character and take up ... Conjointly the oxygenases and peroxydases are also spoken of as oxydases. ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"... substances are necessary for the oxidation, which take up oxygen with the formation of peroxides (oxygenases) and on the other hand, substances which ..."

3. Treatise on General and Industrial Organic Chemistry by Ettore Molinari (1921)
"The oxidising action of the oxygenases (which have, however, not yet been obtained free from peroxydases, although the latter are known free from ..."

4. In-Situ Bioremediation of Ground Water and Geological Material: A Review of ...by Robert D. Norris by Robert D. Norris (1995)
"These microorganisms all have catabolic oxygenases that catalyze the initial step in ... The oxygenases for the above organisms are often nonspecific and ..."

5. A Text-book of Medical Chemistry and Toxicology by James William Holland (1917)
"oxygenases turn tincture guaiac blue by direct transference of the molecular ... A slice of raw potato indicates the presence of oxygenases by turning the ..."

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