OXYGENASE

oxygenase

(noun) an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

oxygenase (plural oxygenases)

(enzyme) An enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions with oxygen.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.

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