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–noun, adjective Chemistry.

oxidation-reduction.

Origin:
1820–30; by shortening and inversion

ox⋅i⋅da⋅tion-re⋅duc⋅tion

[ok-si-dey-shuh

n-ri-duhk-shuh

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

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.

Science Dictionary

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

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