Where does “oxygenase” come from?

Oxygenase is a German formation from oxygen plus the suffix -ase, ultimately tracing back through scientific nomenclature for an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation reactions.

oxygenase (English): An enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions...

Definitions

  1. An enzyme which catalyses biochemical reactions...

Ancestry of “oxygenase”, step by step

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1GermanOxygenaseoxygenase

Words derived from “oxygenase

Every word from German Oxygenase
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