an enzyme that catalyses biochemical reactions by means of oxygen
oxygenase in American English
(ˈɑksɪdʒəˌneis, -ˌneiz)
noun
Biochemistry
an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of molecular oxygen into an organic substance
Word origin
[1900–05; oxygen + -ase]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, clone, decompression, hormone, hydroplane-ase is a suffix used in the names of enzymes. Other words that use the affix -ase include: invertase, ligase, peroxidase, transferase, zymase
Examples of 'oxygenase' in a sentence
oxygenase
It seems to stop an enzyme, cyclo-oxygenase, which would produce prostaglandins.