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What is an oxidase?

What is an oxidase? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of many enzymes which catalyze oxidation reactions, especially ones using molecular oxygen.
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The encapsulated wasp egg then melanizes, a process most likely mediated by phenol oxidase released by crystal cells.
Specifically, the group has succeeded in implanting a gold nanoparticle with a diameter of 1.2 nm into the enzyme glucose oxidase.
It appears to be due, in large part, to the activity of a specific enzyme, cytokinin oxidase.
St.John's Wort contains hypericin, which inhibits monoamine oxidase, a chemical associated with depression.
Products such as St John's wort may act as a mild monoamine oxidase inhibitor or as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor.
As a nonselective inhibitor of monoamine oxidase, caution is recommended when used with adrenergic or serotonergic agents.

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