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1. n. an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule Source: wordnet

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electron molecule atom atoms body group itself least lost nearby oxygen stabilize stealing unpaired

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