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Protoxidize

Pro-tox′i-dize

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Verb.
T.
(Chem.)
To combine with oxygen, as any elementary substance, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.

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protoxidize

protoxidize

English

Verb

protoxidize (third-person singular simple present protoxidizes, present participle protoxidizing, simple past and past participle protoxidized)

  1. (chemistry, transitive) To combine (an elementary substance) with oxygen, in such proportion as to form a protoxide.