oxidative
adjUS /ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv/
Etymology From oxide + -ative or oxidate + -ive.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation.
- It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.2013 March 23, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83:
- Antonyms
- reductive
- Derived terms
- antioxidative, autooxidative, electrooxidative, hyperoxidative, inoxidative, nitrooxidative, nonoxidative, oxidatively, oxidative phosphorylation, oxidative stress, photooxidative, preoxidative, prooxidative, superoxidative