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Verb: deoxidize  dee'óksi`dIz
  1. To remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons
    - deoxidise [Brit], reduce

Derived forms: deoxidizes, deoxidized, deoxidizing

Type of: change

Antonym: oxidize

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deodourant
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deontic
deontic logic
deontological
deontologist
deontology
deossification
deoxidise
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deoxyadenosine
deoxyadenosine monophosphate
deoxycytidine
deoxycytidine monophosphate
deoxyephedrine
deoxygenate
deoxygenation
deoxyguanosine
deoxyguanosine monophosphate
deoxyribonucleic acid