Oxidative

//ˈɑk.səˌdeɪ.tɪv// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, relating to, or produced by oxidation. not-comparable

    "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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    taking place in the presence of oxygen wordnet

Synonyms

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aerobic

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From oxide + -ative or oxidate + -ive.

Related phrases

oxidative phosphorylationoxidative stress

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