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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen into its substrate.

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  • noun biochemistry An enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions with oxygen.

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  • noun an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen

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From German Oxygenase, corresponding to oxygen + -ase.

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