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Redox

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re⋅dox

  [ree-doks]
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–noun, adjective Chemistry.
oxidation-reduction.
Origin:
1820–30; by shortening and inversion
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ox⋅i⋅da⋅tion-re⋅duc⋅tion

  [ok-si-dey-shuhn-ri-duhk-shuhn] Chemistry
–noun
1. a chemical reaction between two substances in which one substance is oxidized and the other reduced.
–adjective
2. of or pertaining to such a reaction.
Also called redox.

Origin:
1905–10
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re·dox   (rē'dŏks')   
n.  Oxidation-reduction.

[red(uction) + ox(idation).]
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Word Origin & History

redox 
1928, from red(uction) + xo(idation).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: oxidation–reduction
Function: noun
: a chemical reaction in which one or more electrons are transferred from one atom or molecule to another called alsooxidoreduction, redox

Main Entry: 1re·dox
Pronunciation: 'rE-"däks
Function: adjective
: of or relating to oxidation-reduction

Main Entry: 2redox
Function: noun
: OXIDATION-REDUCTION redox apparently occurs, and the electron moves from cation to anion —D. S. Murty et al>
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Medical Dictionary

oxidation-reduction n.
A chemical reaction in which an atom or ion loses electrons to another atom or ion. Also called redox.

redox re·dox (rē'dŏks')
n.
See oxidation-reduction.

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