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Wordnet 3.0

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]