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Definition of Superoxide

1. Noun. A metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-.

2. Noun. The univalent anion O2-. "Much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-"

Definition of Superoxide

1. n. See Peroxide.

Definition of Superoxide

1. Noun. (chemistry) A peroxide ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) The univalent anion, ''O₂^-'', obtained from molecular oxygen by adding an electron; any compound containing this anion ¹

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Definition of Superoxide

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superoxide

superorganized superoscillatory superoutburst superoutbursts superoverwhelming superovulate superovulated superovulates superovulating superovulation

superovulations superoxidation superoxidations superoxide (current term) superoxide anion superoxide dismutase superoxides superparallel superparamagnet superparamagnetic

superparamagnetically superparamagnetism superparamagnets superparasitism superparticle superparticles superparticular superparticular number

Literary usage of Superoxide

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

1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"The assembly of the oxidase has been extensively studied using a cell-free system where the NADPH- dependent formation of superoxide is induced by a ..."

2. Genetic Manipulation in Crops: Proceedings of the International Symposium on by International Rice Research Institute (1988)
"This causes wilting of leaves due to the oxidation of cellular components by superoxide, and PQ has been used as a herbicide. superoxide dismutase (SOD) ..."

3. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"superoxide of Lead. When red-lead is treated with moderately strong nitric acid, there are formed nitrate of protoxide of lead aiid superoxide of that metal ..."

4. A Complete Treatise on the Electro-deposition of Metals by Georg Langbein (1898)
"To coat gun barrels and other articles of steel or iron with superoxide of lead as ... The separation of superoxide of lead upon the anodes or upon objects ..."

5. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"The composition of the compounds described in this section is as follows:— Red or dioxide 63.3 2 eq.+ Oxygen Black or protoxide 31.6 1 eq.-fdo. superoxide ..."

6. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1902)
"This supposition was confirmed by the following laits :— Lecoq (Comptes Rendus, cu., 359, 483) had already observed the formation of the superoxide of ..."

7. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"... and is gradually decomposed by it into acetic acid : HQ° = 2 CH3-COOH. Barium peroxide converts acetic anhydride into acetyl superoxide, ..."

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