British spelling of deoxidize; to remove oxygen from a compound or reduce oxidation.
From de- + oxidise (British spelling of oxidize). This is the standard British chemistry verb form.
British chemistry students learn 'deoxidise' while American students learn 'deoxidize'—these spelling differences persist because chemistry education developed slightly differently in each country, and changing them now would require updating thousands of textbooks.
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