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biooxidation

noun

Etymology

From bio- + oxidation.

  1. borrowed from oxide
  2. formed as oxidation — “oxide + -ation”
  3. prefixed as biooxidation — “bio + oxidation”

Definitions

  1. Biological or biochemical oxidation.

    • This technology has been commercialized for some metal ores such as the biooxidation of refractory gold ores and in copper recovery [ 3, 4 ].

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biooxidation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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