peroxide
verbEtymology From per- + oxide.
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To treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it.
peroxide
noun/pəˈrɒksʌɪd/
Etymology From per- + oxide.
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Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
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Hydrogen peroxide, especially when in an aqueous solution used as a bleach.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any compound containing the functional group R-O-O-R'.
- Thus far, Dr. Petrakis said, he had found that in women with […] extractable breast fluid, the amount of lipid peroxides in the fluid was on the average seven times higher in Caucasian women than in women of Chinese de[s]cent. In addition, women with cystic breast disease, who face a higher than usual risk of breast cancer, appear to have more peroxides in their breast fluid than women with normal breasts.1975 March 23, Jane Brody, “Clue to Cancer Found in Breast Fluid”, in The New York Times:
- The O–O bond in benzoyl peroxide and the C–N bonds in AIBN homolyze under thermal or photochemical conditions.2007, Robert B. Grossman, The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms, →ISBN:
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acetone peroxide, benzole peroxide, benzoyl peroxide, calcium peroxide, endoperoxide, high-test peroxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroperoxide, hydroxyperoxide, iodoperoxidase, lipoperoxide, lithium peroxide, magnesium peroxide, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide, organoperoxide, peroxidability, peroxidable, peroxidase, peroxidation, peroxide blond, peroxide blonde, peroxide process, peroxidic, peroxidise, peroxidize, peroxydation, peroxyl, plumbic peroxide, potassium peroxide, sodium peroxide, terbium peroxide, thioperoxide, triperoxide- Related terms
- peroxidase