Oxidize vs Oxysterol - What's the difference?
oxidize | oxysterol |
(chemistry) To combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (chemistry) To increase the valence (or the positive charge) of an element by removing electrons.
To coat something with an oxide.
To become oxidized.
As a verb oxidize
is (chemistry|transitive) to combine with oxygen or otherwise make an oxide.As a noun oxysterol is
(organic chemistry) any of several oxidized derivatives of sterols.oxidize
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In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: