Usually means: Chemical compound containing oxygen-oxygen bond.
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  1. peroxide: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. peroxide: Merriam-Webster
  3. peroxide: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. peroxide: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. peroxide: Collins English Dictionary
  6. peroxide: Vocabulary.com
  7. Peroxide, peroxide: Wordnik
  8. peroxide: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. peroxide: Wiktionary
  10. peroxide: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. peroxide: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. peroxide: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. peroxide: Dictionary.com
  14. peroxide: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. peroxide: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Peroxide (Nina Nesbitt album), Peroxide (disambiguation), Peroxide (punk zine), Peroxide: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Peroxide: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. peroxide: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. peroxide: Rhymezone
  20. Peroxide: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. peroxide: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  22. peroxide: FreeDictionary.org
  23. peroxide: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. peroxide: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. peroxide: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. peroxide: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. peroxide: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Chemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Peroxide: Material Safety Data Sheets HyperGlossary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Peroxide: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

(Note: See peroxided as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (inorganic chemistry) A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
noun:  Hydrogen peroxide, especially when in an aqueous solution used as a bleach.
noun:  (organic chemistry) Any compound containing the functional group R-O-O-R'.
verb:  (transitive) To treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it.

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