superoxide dismutase

1. 1.

   an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen

   “oxygen free radicals are normally removed in our bodies by the superoxide dismutase enzymes”

   SynonymsSOD

   Broaderenzyme

Questions about superoxide dismutase

What does superoxide dismutase mean?

superoxide dismutase means "an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of superoxide into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen".

What is another word for superoxide dismutase?

Close synonyms include SOD. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is superoxide dismutase a common word?

superoxide dismutase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.