See Also: Exophthalmia(medicine)

peroxide (iou) and Exophthalmia (medicine)


peroxide (iou)



peroxide noun. E19.
[from PER-1 + OXIDE.]
1. Chemistry. Orig., the compound of oxygen with another element which contains the greatest possible proportion of oxygen. Now usu., a compound having at least one pair of oxygen atoms bonded to each Other in its molecule, or containing the anion O22. Also spec., hydrogen peroxide, used as a bleach, disinfectant, etc. E19.
HYDROGEN peroxide.
2. = peroxide blond below. colloq. E20.
Independent Drug bosses, peroxide blondes and the rest of the local smart set.
Comb.: peroxide blond, peroxide blonde colloq. a woman with peroxided or bleached hair; peroxide bond a single bond between two oxygen atoms in a molecule; peroxide group the divalent group OO; peroxide ion the anion O22.
peroxi'dation noun conversion into a peroxide M19.
peroxided adjective (a) treated with (hydrogen) peroxide; (b) having bleached hair: E20.
peroxidic adjective having the properties of a peroxide; containing or forming part of a peroxide group: M20.
peroxidize verb trans. & intrans. change into a peroxide E19.

Exophthalmia (medicine)


exophthalmia
<clinical sign> Abnormal protrusion of the eye from the orbit.