| COLLAGENASE | • collagenase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen. • COLLAGENASE n. any of a group of proteolytic enzymes that decompose collagen and gelatin. |
| DEOXYGENATE | • deoxygenate v. (Transitive, physiology) To remove dissolved oxygen from (something, such as water or blood). • DEOXYGENATE v. to remove esp. molecular oxygen from. |
| HALOGENATED | • halogenated v. Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate. • halogenated adj. (Chemistry) Treated or reacted with a halogen. • halogenated adj. (Chemistry) Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with a halogen. |
| HALOGENATES | • halogenates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of halogenate. • HALOGENATE v. to combine with a halogen. |
| HOMOGENATES | • homogenates n. Plural of homogenate. • HOMOGENATE n. a substance produced by homogenization. |
| HYDROGENASE | • hydrogenase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen. • HYDROGENASE n. an enzyme that catalyzes hydrogen formation in certain microorganisms. |
| HYDROGENATE | • hydrogenate v. (Chemistry, transitive) to treat something, or react something, with hydrogen; especially to react an… • HYDROGENATE v. to combine or treat with hydrogen. |
| MESHUGGENAH | • meshuggenah adj. Alternative form of meshuggener. • meshuggenah n. Alternative form of meshuggener. • MESHUGGENAH n. (Yiddish) a fool, a crazy person, also MESHUGGENEH, MESHUGGENER. |
| MISCEGENATE | • miscegenate v. To mix or blend. • miscegenate v. To mix or blend races in marriage, or in breeding. • MISCEGENATE v. to practise miscegenation. |
| NITROGENASE | • nitrogenase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme, especially in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, that catalyzes the conversion of… • NITROGENASE n. an enzyme complex that catalyses nitrogen in the nitrogen fixation process. |
| OCTINGENARY | • OCTINGENARY n. an eight-hundredth anniversary, also OCTINGENTENARY, OCTOCENTENARY. |
| OXYGENATING | • oxygenating v. Present participle of oxygenate. • OXYGENATE v. to impregnate or treat with oxygen. |
| OXYGENATION | • oxygenation n. The process of reacting or treating something with oxygen. • OXYGENATION n. the act of oxygenating. |
| OXYGENATORS | • oxygenators n. Plural of oxygenator. • OXYGENATOR n. an oxidizer. |
| REOXYGENATE | • reoxygenate v. (Transitive) To oxygenate again or anew. • REOXYGENATE v. to oxygenate again. |