Superoxide

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Superoxide \Su`per*ox"ide\, n. (Chem.)
     See {Peroxide}. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  superoxide
       n 1: a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-
       2: the univalent anion O2-; "much of the O2 supporting cellular
          respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-" [syn:
          {superoxide anion}]