oxidoreductionn.
/ˌɒksᵻdəʊrᵻˈdʌkʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌɑksədoʊrəˈdəkʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌɑksədoʊˌriˈdəkʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly Biochemistry.
A process in which one substance is oxidized and electrons from it reduce another substance.
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1927 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 102 129 It suffices that this acceptor have a structure more or less labile, and that, for example, the system ketonic acid + ammonia be more labile towards the hydrogen than is the molecular oxygen. Whence the possibility of an oxido-reduction.
1934 Jrnl. Faculty Sci. Hokkaido Univ. 3rd Ser. 2 18 In animal and in plant cells, oxidoreduction occurs in parallel with the formation of peroxide.
1971 Ital. Jrnl. Biochem. 20 129 Crystalline lactate dehydrogenase..catalyzes the dismutation of glyoxylate to glycolate and oxalate producing the oxido-reduction system of NAD coenzymes illustrated in Figure 1.
2002 Chem. Market Reporter 24 June 3 Oxidoredctases..catalyze oxidoreduction processes through electron transfer reactions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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