peroxidase

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noun

Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.

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OriginEnglish diastase ← Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi →
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Meanings

nounperoxidase (plural peroxidases)

plural peroxidases

  1. biochemistryAny of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.

    Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

    2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

    Synonyms: PX, Px

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Italic*per
  4. Latinper
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Italic*peri-
  7. Latinper-
  8. Englishper-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekὀξύς (oxús)
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  13. Proto-Hellenic*génos
  14. Ancient Greekγένος (génos)
  15. Frenchoxygène
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱéh₁yeti
  18. Proto-Italic*akēō
  19. Latinaceō
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  21. Latinacidu
  22. Frenchacide
  23. Frenchoxide
  24. Englishoxide
  25. Englishperoxide
  26. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  27. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  28. Proto-Indo-European*dwís
  29. Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
  30. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
  31. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  32. Proto-Indo-European*stísteh₂ti
  33. Proto-Hellenic*hístāmi
  34. Ancient Greekῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
  35. Ancient Greekδῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
  36. Ancient Greekδῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
  37. Englishdiastase
  38. Englishperoxidase

From peroxide + -ase.

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APA

peroxidase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peroxidase

MLA

“peroxidase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peroxidase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peroxidase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peroxidase.

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