HYDROGEN PEROXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrogen peroxide mean? 

• HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (noun)
  The noun HYDROGEN PEROXIDE has 1 sense:

1. a viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

  Familiarity information: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A viscous liquid with strong oxidizing properties; a powerful bleaching agent; also used (in aqueous solutions) as a mild disinfectant and (in strong concentrations) as an oxidant in rocket fuels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hydrogen peroxide; peroxide

Hypernyms ("hydrogen peroxide" is a kind of...):

oxidant; oxidiser; oxidizer; oxidizing agent (a substance that oxidizes another substance)

 Context examples 

In addition, Lp 299v stimulates the secretion of protective mucin and produces lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide as well as other substances, thereby creating an acidic environment which prevents growth of pathogens.

(Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299v, NCI Thesaurus)

Elesclomol induces oxidative stress, creating high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide, in both cancer cells and normal cells.

(Elesclomol, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, Lp 299 stimulates the secretion of protective mucin and produces lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide as well as other substances, thereby creating an acidic environment which prevents growth of pathogens.

(Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterilization process that uses radicals that form from hydrogen peroxide to kill microorganisms.

(Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization, Food and Drug Administration)

This protein plays a role in the detoxification of hydrogen peroxide.

(Catalase, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene, which encodes catalase protein, is involved in the detoxification of hydrogen peroxide.

(CAT wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Remarkably, when the cells were stressed — by exposure to viral or bacterial components, or a toxic chemical such as hydrogen peroxide — up to 14% of the methionine was misplaced onto other tRNAs.

(Genes Can be Read in Different Ways, NIH, US)

This gene plays a role in both the catabolism of reactive oxygen species and detoxification of hydrogen peroxide.

(CAT Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterilization process that uses hydrogen peroxide to kill microorganisms.

(Hydrogen Peroxide Sterilization, NCI Thesaurus)

The process frequently ocurrs in cells when superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide species are released.

(Oxidative Burst, NCI Thesaurus)