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oxidant

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oxidant [′äk·səd·ənt]
(chemistry)


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The team also exposed several colonies of both strains to human neutrophils, immune system cells that kill bacteria by blasting them with oxidants.
x] enters the mother's blood circulation directly through the alveolar-capillary membrane, oxidant electron loss changes hemoglobin to its pathologic reversible form--methemoglobin.
Oxygen and hydrogen peroxide have always been technologically attractive oxidants to the pulp and paper industry, with their significance becoming of increasing important as environmental regulations become more stringent.
 
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