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NOUN (2)

1. a metallic oxide containing the univalent anion O2-;

2. the univalent anion O2-;
- Example: "much of the O2 supporting cellular respiration is reduced to the superoxide anion O2-"
[syn: superoxide, superoxide anion]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, superoxide anion]