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Definition: Superoxide |
SuperoxideNoun1. A metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-. 2. The univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Derivative of molecular oxygen that can damage cells. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Superoxide is scavenged by the enzyme superoxide dismutase, or SOD. Although the rate of reaction of SOD is so close to the spontaneous disassociation rate that some have questioned the biological need for SOD, the absence of SOD can lead to a form of anemia in humans.
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Synonym: SuperoxideSynonym: superoxide anion (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Superoxide |
| English words defined with "superoxide": sod, superoxide anion, superoxide dismutase. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "superoxide": NADPH Oxidase ♦ Respiratory Burst ♦ Superoxides. (references) |
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Health | Enzymes like superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase can disarm the damaging oxygen molecules. (references) | |
About 20 percent of all familial cases result from a specific genetic defect that leads to mutation of the enzyme known as superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). (references) | ||
Nitric oxide itself is not very destructive in fact the body uses it as a signaling molecule but it can combine with superoxide ions to produce a very toxic compound called peroxynitrite. (references) | ||
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| "Superoxide" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Superoxide" is used about 49 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 49 | 48,677 |
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Expressions using "superoxide": polyethylene glycol superoxide dismutase ♦ radical superoxide ♦ superoxide anion ♦ superoxide dismutase. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "superoxide": superoxide-generating. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
superoxide dismutase | 51 |
superoxide | 19 |
sodium superoxide | 4 |
dismutase down superoxide syndrome | 3 |
cancer dismutase manganese pancreatic superoxide | 2 |
spectroscopy superoxide | 2 |
spectroscopy superoxide uv vis | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "superoxide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | superoxiddismutase (superoxide dismutase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | superoxide-dismutase (superoxide dismutase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | superoksididismutaasi (superoxide dismutase), SOD (superoxide dismutase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | superoxyde dismutase conjuguée au polyéthylène glycol (polyethylene glycol superoxide dismutase), superoxyde dismutase (super oxide dismutase, superoxide dismutase), SOD (super oxide dismutase, superoxide dismutase), radical superoxyde (radical superoxide), anion superoxyde (superoxide anion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Superoxid-Radikal (radical superoxide), Hyperoxid-Dismutase (superoxide dismutase), Hyperoxid-Anion (superoxide anion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δισμουτάση του υπεροξειδίου (superoxide dismutase). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | superossido dismutasi (superoxide dismutase), SOD (super oxide dismutase, superoxide dismutase), radicale superossido (radical superoxide), anione superossido (superoxide anion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uperoxidesay superóxido-dismutase (superoxide dismutase), dismutase do superóxido (superoxide dismutase). (various references) superóxido dismutasa (superoxide dismutase), SOD (superoxide dismutase), radical superóxido (radical superoxide). (various references) superoxiddismutas (superoxide dismutase). (various references) süperoksit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "superoxide": superoxides. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "superoxide" (pronounced suw'perÄ"ksī'd) |
| 7 | -p er Ä" k s ī' d | peroxide. |
| 5 | -Ä" k s ī' d | dioxide, dockside, oxide. |
| 4 | -k s ī' d | backside, lakeside. |
| 3 | -s ī' d | bedside, blindside, broadside, countryside, curbside, downside, fireside, fratricide, fungicide, genocide, germicide, glucoside, glycoside, graveside, harborside, herbicide, hillside, homicide, infanticide, insecticide, Ironside, mountainside, pesticide, poolside, prophesied, ringside, riverside, roadside, seaside, silverside, suicide, underside, wayside. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-i-o-p-r-s-u-x" | |
-1 letter: peroxides. | |
-2 letters: duperies, epoxides, exposure, peroxide, peroxids. | |
-3 letters: deposer, episode, epoxide, epoxied, epoxies, expired, expires, exposed, exposer, oreides, perdues, periods, peroxid, perused, preside, prexies, proxies, redoxes, reposed, residue, soupier, speired, spiered, supered, updries, ureides. | |
-4 letters: depose, desire, dexies, dopers, dopier, dories, douser, doxies, drupes, dupers, eiders, epodes, erodes, espied, exodus, expire, expose, exudes, oreide. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-i-o-p-r-s-u-x" | |
+1 letter: superoxides. | |
+3 letters: underexposing. | |
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