{ "Dehra Dun":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ "city in northern India population 447,808":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccder-\u0259-\u02c8d\u00fcn" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-232308", "type":[ "geographical name" ] }, "Dehwar":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a Persian racial type recognizable in the population of Baluchistan":[], ": a member of the Dehwar racial type usually having the status of a laborer or slave":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Persian dihw\u0101r , from dih village (from Middle Persian d\u0113h land, from Old Persian dahyu- land, province) + -w\u0101r having, possessing (from Avestan -baro carrying, bringing); akin to Sanskrit bharati he carries":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "d\u0101\u02ccw\u00e4r" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061103", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dehortation":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": dissuasion":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Late Latin dehortation-, dehortatio , from Latin dehortatus (past participle of dehortari ) + -ion-, -io -ion":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccd\u0113\u02cch\u022fr\u02c8t\u0101sh\u0259n" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-140046", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dehrnite":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": a basic phosphate of calcium, sodium, and potassium (Ca,Na,K) 5 (PO 4 ) 3 (OH)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "Dehrn , village near Limburg, Germany, where it was discovered + English -ite":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "\u02c8der\u02ccn\u012bt" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064105", "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dehull":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to remove the hulls from (seed)":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "de- + hull (noun)":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)d\u0113+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041635", "type":[ "transitive verb" ] }, "dehumanize":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to address or portray (someone) in a way that obscures or demeans that person's humanity or individuality":[ "propaganda that dehumanizes the enemy", "I'm always struck by the way language is used to dehumanize others.", "\u2014 Anna Lind-Guzik", "Treating Chicagoland violence as merely a tally necessarily dehumanizes its victims, but it also obscures so much of the larger story about that violence.", "\u2014 Gene Demby", "But that approach ignores the fundamental dynamics of racism, which dehumanizes people along crude lines, ignoring any internal distinctions among those with broadly similar looks, treating them all as uniformly suspicious.", "\u2014 Sangay K. Mishra" ], ": to deprive (someone or something) of human qualities, personality, or dignity: such as":[], ": to remove or reduce human involvement or interaction in (something, such as a process or place)":[ "Nurses are also fearful that the use of technology will dehumanize patient care.", "\u2014 Laurie A. Huryk", "Social media dehumanizes personal interactions, taking them out of the dining room, the neighborhood store and workplace and into a nowhere we call cyberspace.", "\u2014 Kay S. Hymowitz", "\"To me, Ms. Cao [Fei] is trying to portray that, even in a dehumanized environment like the automated warehouse, you need that inspiration or that order from up high.\"", "\u2014 David Barboza" ], ": to subject (someone, such as a prisoner) to inhuman or degrading conditions or treatment":[ "\"\u2026 you treat people with respect, you get respect back. You treat them like animals, you strip search them, you dehumanize them, you lock them up, you don't feed them \u2026 you are going to get that back \u2026 \"", "\u2014 Adelina Iftene" ] }, "examples":[ "Inspectors have observed terrible factory conditions that dehumanize workers.", "the dehumanizing nature of torture", "Recent Examples on the Web", "Some critics of the robots, however, argue the products dehumanize senior citizens and allow younger people to ignore their elders. \u2014 Jacob Carpenter, Fortune , 25 May 2022", "As the number of assaults on Asian Americans rises, these heinous incidents have dredged up painful stereotypes used to demean and dehumanize Asian American women like me. \u2014 Anne Chow, Fortune , 25 Apr. 2022", "There is an ugly tendency to dehumanize one another in thoughtless, mean-spirited ways. \u2014 David D. Haynes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 10 Feb. 2022", "By imbuing their creations with specificity, emotions and dignity, Black dollmakers resisted a racist culture that sought to dehumanize Black people\u2014and made an argument for their own humanity and that of their children. \u2014 Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022", "Their acute talk, contextualized by the haunting archival footage, vividly restored, of Payne\u2019s limp body carried on a stretcher, thematically recalls the child\u2019s shackles, or how white supremacists dehumanize Black people from womb to tomb. \u2014 Robert Daniels, Los Angeles Times , 13 Jan. 2022", "The slur has roots in the 19th century and was largely used to dehumanize Chinese immigrant laborers and merchants. \u2014 NBC News , 16 Feb. 2022", "Now is the moment for the entertainment industry to reckon with the way that large events can dehumanize their participants\u2014with deadly results. \u2014 Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic , 10 Nov. 2021", "This tactic isn't new, but rather the latest example in a long history of court cases that criminalize and dehumanize Black victims. \u2014 Nicole Chavez, CNN , 25 Nov. 2021" ], "first_known_use":{ "1818, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8(h)y\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012bz" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[ "animalize", "bestialize", "brutalize" ], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-021009", "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dehumanizing":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": depriving someone of human qualities, personality, or dignity : demeaning or damaging to a person's humanity or individuality":[ "a dehumanizing caricature/slur", "dehumanizing statistics", "Before even being allowed to call a lawyer, the arrestee is faced with the dehumanizing treatment of a strip search \u2026", "\u2014 John W. Whitehead", "This kind of language is deliberately dehumanizing : the athlete is referred to not as a person but as a \"brand\", throughout.", "\u2014 Felix Salmon", "Inmates at the South Carolina prison cited dehumanizing conditions such as a lack of sunlight, poor and insufficient food, and few rehabilitative programs as reasons they lost hope.", "\u2014 Aaron Cant\u00fa", "Not only are writers selling their products, they essentially become their products: author as commodity. It's a weirdly dehumanizing experience.", "\u2014 Rachel Donadio", "\u2026 the dehumanizing nastiness of having your intimate personal photos hacked \u2026", "\u2014 Joe Fay" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{ "1817, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8(h)y\u00fc-m\u0259-\u02ccn\u012b-zi\u014b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-191123", "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dehumidify":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": to remove moisture from":[ "dehumidify the air" ] }, "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "To tackle that problem, several teams are looking for ways to dehumidify the air before it gets cooled. \u2014 Emily Underwood, Scientific American , 23 June 2021", "The Frigidaire pumps out 10,000 BTU for 450 square feet of coverage with three fan speeds and and the ability to dehumidify the room at a rate of 3 pints per hour. \u2014 Dave Johnson, Forbes , 24 May 2021", "Hundreds of workers are on the Manhattan campus assisting in the cleanup: removing ceiling tiles and other debris, dehumidifying the building and recovering collections. \u2014 Mar\u00e1 Rose Williams, kansascity , 6 June 2018", "Still, by dehumidifying the air, some vog components may be pulled out of the air. \u2014 Susan Scutti, CNN , 10 May 2018", "The rain likely led to other water infiltration issues on the second floor of the building when 10 units had mold removal and dehumidifying treatments in 2006. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, The Mercury News , 1 June 2017", "So inside and out, the arch is covered in stainless steel, and dehumidified air will be circulated around the structure\u2019s steel trusses to prevent rust. \u2014 Henry Fountain, New York Times , 26 Apr. 2016" ], "first_known_use":{ "1927, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "history_and_etymology":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccd\u0113-hy\u00fc-\u02c8mi-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b", "\u02ccd\u0113-hy\u00fc-\u02c8mid-\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b, \u02ccd\u0113-y\u00fc-", "\u02ccd\u0113-(h)y\u00fc-\u02c8mi-d\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-193059", "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb", "verb" ] }, "dehusk":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": husk":[] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "de- + husk (noun)":"" }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)d\u0113+" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-023638", "type":[ "transitive verb" ] }, "dehydr-":{ "antonyms":[], "definitions":{ ": dehydrated":[ "dehydro mucic acid C 4 H 2 O(COOH) 2" ], ": dehydrogenated":[ "dehydro abietic acid C 19 H 27 COOH" ] }, "examples":[], "first_known_use":{}, "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary, from de- + hydr-":"" }, "pronounciation":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "synonyms":[], "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-081445", "type":[ "combining form" ] }, "dehydrate":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water":[], ": to remove water from (something, such as a food)":[], ": to deprive of vitality or savor":[], ": to lose water or body fluids":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t", "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t", "d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t" ], "synonyms":[ "castrate", "damp", "dampen", "deaden", "desiccate", "devitalize", "enervate", "geld", "lobotomize", "petrify" ], "antonyms":[ "brace", "energize", "enliven", "invigorate", "quicken", "stimulate", "vitalize", "vivify" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Salt dehydrates the meat and keeps it from spoiling.", "Athletes drink lots of water so they don't dehydrate .", "Exercising in this heat will dehydrate you.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In the Lab, expertse use state-of-the-art tools like the Corneometer device, which measures skin hydration levels, to gauge a product's ability to moisturize (or dehydrate ) skin. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022", "The Red Door\u2019s bartenders grow their own herbs on the roof deck and dehydrate citrus peels from the kitchen\u2019s scraps to use in their sustainable cocktails. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022", "Try and avoid caffeine and alcohol, which can dehydrate the body. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 8 June 2022", "Two and half years later, Heather witnessed her mother starve and dehydrate herself to death; Anna could not bear to live with ALS any longer. \u2014 Katie C Reilly, ELLE , 3 June 2022", "Take 22% off the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with air fry, roast, bake, and dehydrate functions. \u2014 Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping , 27 Jan. 2022", "Airfry, broil, bake, roast, dehydrate , reheat, rotisserie, toast, warm and convection. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022", "Hot showers will dehydrate and remove natural oils from your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022", "The duo fend off acne-causing bacteria, but do so in a way that doesn\u2019t dehydrate your skin or lead to further irritation. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-142608" }, "dehydration":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{}, "pronounciation":[ "\u02ccd\u0113-\u02cch\u012b-\u02c8dr\u0101-sh\u0259n", "\u02ccd\u0113-h\u012b-\u02c8dr\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "The biggest stressor dehydration puts on your body isn't simply fluid loss, but the significant amount of electrolytes lost with it. \u2014 Dana Santas, CNN , 23 Dec. 2021", "There isn\u2019t much research directly comparing the dehydration responses of men and women, so Wickham and her colleagues found pairs of studies that put groups of men or women through similar protocols in order to compare the results. \u2014 Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online , 11 Oct. 2021", "An experienced team with a terrific quarterback, Haener, who was 20-for-26 for 331 yards before leaving the game in the third quarter with dehydration issues, the Bulldogs were just too much. \u2014 Dom Amore, courant.com , 28 Aug. 2021", "Ewing also noted that Bold and Bossy obtained minor leg injuries due to losing two shoes and suffered from dehydration cramps during her time on the run. \u2014 Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com , 22 Aug. 2021", "While temperatures were scorching Sunday afternoon, dehydration seemed like a long shot, with their pet dying and the camelback still containing water. \u2014 Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle , 20 Aug. 2021", "Dangerous food poisoning circumstances include over three days of drastic symptoms, such as diarrhea, a high fever of 102, dehydration or a damaging effect to sight or speech, all according to the CDC. \u2014 Liam Gravvat, USA TODAY , 21 June 2022", "Cole Foster dealt with dehydration issues in Auburn\u2019s College World Series opener on Saturday and had to exit the game in the fifth inning. \u2014 Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al , 20 June 2022", "The machine dried evenly on every rack, and the food peeled off easily after dehydration . \u2014 Rennie Dyball, PEOPLE.com , 14 June 2022" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1854, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-235346" }, "dehydro":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "definitions":{ ": chemically dehydrated":[], ": dehydrogenated":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "d\u0113\u02c8h\u012b(\u02cc)dr\u014d" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "dehydr-":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002835" }, "dehydrochlorination":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": the process of removing hydrogen and chlorine or hydrogen chloride from a compound":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "-\u02cckl\u014dr-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n, -\u02cckl\u022fr-", "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02cch\u012b-dr\u0259-\u02cckl\u022fr-\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1936, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-004842" }, "dehydrated":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water":[], ": to remove water from (something, such as a food)":[], ": to deprive of vitality or savor":[], ": to lose water or body fluids":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t", "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t", "d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t" ], "synonyms":[ "castrate", "damp", "dampen", "deaden", "desiccate", "devitalize", "enervate", "geld", "lobotomize", "petrify" ], "antonyms":[ "brace", "energize", "enliven", "invigorate", "quicken", "stimulate", "vitalize", "vivify" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Salt dehydrates the meat and keeps it from spoiling.", "Athletes drink lots of water so they don't dehydrate .", "Exercising in this heat will dehydrate you.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In the Lab, expertse use state-of-the-art tools like the Corneometer device, which measures skin hydration levels, to gauge a product's ability to moisturize (or dehydrate ) skin. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022", "The Red Door\u2019s bartenders grow their own herbs on the roof deck and dehydrate citrus peels from the kitchen\u2019s scraps to use in their sustainable cocktails. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022", "Try and avoid caffeine and alcohol, which can dehydrate the body. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 8 June 2022", "Two and half years later, Heather witnessed her mother starve and dehydrate herself to death; Anna could not bear to live with ALS any longer. \u2014 Katie C Reilly, ELLE , 3 June 2022", "Take 22% off the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with air fry, roast, bake, and dehydrate functions. \u2014 Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping , 27 Jan. 2022", "Airfry, broil, bake, roast, dehydrate , reheat, rotisserie, toast, warm and convection. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022", "Hot showers will dehydrate and remove natural oils from your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022", "The duo fend off acne-causing bacteria, but do so in a way that doesn\u2019t dehydrate your skin or lead to further irritation. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010107" }, "dehydrating":{ "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "definitions":{ ": to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water":[], ": to remove water from (something, such as a food)":[], ": to deprive of vitality or savor":[], ": to lose water or body fluids":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t", "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t", "d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u0101t" ], "synonyms":[ "castrate", "damp", "dampen", "deaden", "desiccate", "devitalize", "enervate", "geld", "lobotomize", "petrify" ], "antonyms":[ "brace", "energize", "enliven", "invigorate", "quicken", "stimulate", "vitalize", "vivify" ], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Salt dehydrates the meat and keeps it from spoiling.", "Athletes drink lots of water so they don't dehydrate .", "Exercising in this heat will dehydrate you.", "Recent Examples on the Web", "In the Lab, expertse use state-of-the-art tools like the Corneometer device, which measures skin hydration levels, to gauge a product's ability to moisturize (or dehydrate ) skin. \u2014 Dori Price, Good Housekeeping , 20 June 2022", "The Red Door\u2019s bartenders grow their own herbs on the roof deck and dehydrate citrus peels from the kitchen\u2019s scraps to use in their sustainable cocktails. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 11 June 2022", "Try and avoid caffeine and alcohol, which can dehydrate the body. \u2014 Judson Jones, CNN , 8 June 2022", "Two and half years later, Heather witnessed her mother starve and dehydrate herself to death; Anna could not bear to live with ALS any longer. \u2014 Katie C Reilly, ELLE , 3 June 2022", "Take 22% off the Ninja Foodi 5-in-1 Indoor Grill with air fry, roast, bake, and dehydrate functions. \u2014 Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping , 27 Jan. 2022", "Airfry, broil, bake, roast, dehydrate , reheat, rotisserie, toast, warm and convection. \u2014 Josie Howell | Jhowell@al.com, al , 29 Apr. 2022", "Hot showers will dehydrate and remove natural oils from your skin. \u2014 Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune , 12 Apr. 2022", "The duo fend off acne-causing bacteria, but do so in a way that doesn\u2019t dehydrate your skin or lead to further irritation. \u2014 Joseph Deacetis, Forbes , 23 Dec. 2021" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1876, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-051739" }, "dehydrogenated":{ "type":[ "noun", "transitive verb" ], "definitions":{ ": the removal of hydrogen from a chemical compound":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02cch\u012b-dr\u0259-j\u0259-", "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)h\u012b-\u02ccdr\u00e4-j\u0259-\u02c8n\u0101-sh\u0259n" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed but Enterprise reported the contract is large enough to support the construction of another propane dehydrogenation plant at the company's natural gas liquids processing complex in Mont Belvieu. \u2014 Sergio Chapa, Houston Chronicle , 26 Sep. 2019", "Enterprise already is building a isobutane dehydrogenation plant in Mont Belvieu to create isobutylene that's used to make lubricants, rubber products, gasoline components and more. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 9 Jan. 2018", "Enterprise also will finish construction this month on its new propane dehydrogenation plant in Mont Belvieu to churn out propylene, which is a primary building block of many plastics and chemicals. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 2 Nov. 2017", "But, yes, PDH (propane dehydrogenation ) and polypropylene is the next project. \u2014 Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle , 25 Oct. 2017" ], "history_and_etymology":{}, "first_known_use":{ "1866, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-060758" }, "dehydrocholesterol":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a crystalline steroid alcohol C 27 H 43 OH that occurs chiefly in higher animals and humans (as in the skin), that is made synthetically from cholesterol, and that yields vitamin D 3 on irradiation with ultraviolet light":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "d\u0113\u00a6h\u012bdr\u014d+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "dehydr- + cholesterol":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-071533" }, "dehydrocorticosterone":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": a crystalline triketone C 21 H 28 O 4 extracted from the adrenal cortex and also made synthetically":[ "\u2014 see cortisone" ] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02cc)d\u0113\u02cch\u012bdr\u014d+" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary dehydr- + corticosterone":"" }, "first_known_use":{}, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-114342" }, "dehydrogenase":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "definitions":{ ": an enzyme that accelerates the removal of hydrogen from metabolites and its transfer to other substances \u2014 compare succinate dehydrogenase":[] }, "pronounciation":[ "(\u02c8)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-dr\u0259-j\u0259-", "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)h\u012b-\u02c8dr\u00e4-j\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101s", "-\u02ccn\u0101z", "\u02ccd\u0113-(\u02cc)h\u012b-\u02c8dr\u00e4j-\u0259-\u02ccn\u0101s", "(\u02cc)d\u0113-\u02c8h\u012b-dr\u0259-j\u0259-" ], "synonyms":[], "antonyms":[], "synonym_discussion":"", "examples":[ "Recent Examples on the Web", "Ethanol undergoes a biochemical reaction that produces acetaldehyde, which is then broken down by another enzyme called aldehyde dehydrogenase and excreted from the body. \u2014 Michele Cohen Marill, Wired , 5 Oct. 2021", "Another target is a protein called dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH). \u2014 Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS , 11 Mar. 2021", "In the kidneys, glycyrrhetinic acid derivatives hamper a critical enzyme called 11\u03b2\u2010hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2, or 11\u03b2HSD2, which converts the steroid hormone cortisol to cortisone. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 25 Sep. 2020", "The liver uses enzymes, including one called alcohol dehydrogenase , to transform ethanol from a mild toxin into a harmless chemical called acetate. \u2014 Carrie Arnold, National Geographic , 19 Aug. 2020", "The liver also uses alcohol dehydrogenase to break down methanol\u2014and that\u2019s where the problems start. \u2014 Carrie Arnold, National Geographic , 19 Aug. 2020", "Eating first may be even more important for women, who are thought to have lower levels of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), the enzyme that primarily breaks down alcohol, in their stomachs. \u2014 Lindzi Wessel, Popular Science , 30 Dec. 2019", "For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018", "For example, the enzyme cellobiose dehydrogenase from the fungus Phanerochaete sordida can break down sugars and generate electrical current when stuck onto carbon tubes only nanometers (billionths of a meter) wide. \u2014 Charles Q. Choi, Washington Post , 9 June 2018" ], "history_and_etymology":{ "International Scientific Vocabulary":"" }, "first_known_use":{ "1923, in the meaning defined above":"" }, "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-172551" } }