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oxidized

oxidized

5.8
A material that has joined with oxygen, often making metal turn green
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑksɪˌdaɪzd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : oxidado
  • When fruit is cut and exposed to oxygen, it often turns brown and becomes oxidized over time.

They become macrophages, and they eat that oxidized LDL molecule.

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Examples

  • It's got a really low smoke point, so it's oxidised really easily in terms of its health effects anyway.

  • And So what is true is that small oxidized LDL can more easily penetrate the endothelium, but it deposits less total cholesterol.

  • OK, So this is the oxidized form I can have.

  • I feel like it's oxidized a little bit.

  • Obviously I do feel like it's oxidized a tiny bit.

  • Nothing wrong with some oxidized avocado, all right, With some egg.

  • Perhaps it's been oxidised in prematurely.

  • But because the original paint is more stable, more oxidized, this gelled solvent doesn't affect it.

  • The metal object was left outside, and it quickly became oxidized due to exposure to air.

  • The chemist explained that certain compounds are oxidized when they react with oxygen in the air.

Compounds

6.5

A kind of LDL bad cholesterol made when it reacts with oxygen and that clogs arteries with fatty plaque

How Oxidized

burned-out
  • US
7 4.3
corroded
5.8
oxidized
  • Specialized
5.8
rusted
1 1.0

Surface Forms

oxidized positive

Morphology

oxidized = oxidize (transparent) = oxide + ize + ed

A regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'oxidize' by adding -ed, which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word oxidized comes from oxygen, the gas we breathe, and the name oxygen once meant 'acid producer' in Greek. So, to be oxidized is to have 'joined' with oxygen, which is why metal can turn green or fruit can go brown.