peroxide
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4.9
- noun
- /pəˈrɒksaɪd/
:
peróxido
- Flushing Jessie's abscess with hydrogen peroxide helps prevent infection.
- hydrogen peroxide
- lipid peroxides
- cleansing with peroxide
I'm using all this benzoyl peroxide more than is recommended.
- I'm using all this benzoyl peroxide more than is recommended.
- You can use the benzyl peroxide, that's perfectly fine.
- Easy little hack that you can clean your stuff with hydrogen peroxide, baking soda.
- Yeah, many patients I see are struggling to know how to use benzal peroxide.
- All right, now I'm going to add some dish soap and some peroxide.
- And a lot of people need a small amount of disinfecting to their skin, but not enough that you would put on, you know, benzoyl peroxide and leave it on.
Examples
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Choices for cleansing agents generally include hydrogen peroxide, saline, soap and water, or nothing.
Academic text (2005) -
I usually prescribe a solution of half 3% hydrogen peroxide and half sterile water.
Academic text (2002) -
Do you have any peroxide, or anything like that?
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You gotta put peroxide on that.
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Little evidence of differences in peroxide values was found until Day 14 of storage.
Academic text (2008) -
All right, so we have decided to take the hydrogen peroxide route here at the show today.
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I should have some hydrogen peroxide around here somewhere.
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Now you have to clean them with peroxide so they don't get infected.
Fiction book (1990) -
After each surgical procedure, the site was routinely cleaned of blood with hydrogen peroxide and dried thoroughly.
Academic text (2003) -
The doctor recommended using peroxide to clean the wound and prevent infection.
Synonyms
49
3.3
A strong liquid used to make things white and kill germs
4
3.7
A clear liquid used to clean wounds, to bleach things, and to power rockets in strong form
3
7.4
A chemical that helps something burn by giving oxygen
1
3.7
A chemical used to make things white or remove their color
Compounds
- Specialized
4
3.7
A clear liquid used to clean wounds, to bleach things, and to power rockets in strong form
- Specialized
1
4.5
A white powder used on skin to treat acne and to help some chemical reactions happen or to bleach things
- Specialized
A white poisonous powder once used to bleach cloth and make hydrogen peroxide
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peroxide comes from the parts per- ('extra') and oxide (from 'oxygen'). So peroxide really means 'extra oxygen', and that extra oxygen is what lets it bleach things and kill germs.