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reactive

[ree-ak-tiv] / riˈæk tɪv /




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The scientists also identified a potentially important connection between humanin and an enzyme called Nox2, which helps generate reactive oxygen species.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

“Right now we’re seeing reactive responses. OK, let’s throw up some sandbags and plywood.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The meeting of water and plastic creates a third class of molecules called reactive oxygen species.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

"It didn't affect me at all until I took the last reactive injection, which basically releases the eggs into position for extraction the next day."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

He’d thought it was some property of the metal that it was reactive with skin, but he was the only one who had reacted to it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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