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I understand that reduction is gaining electrons and oxidation is losing, but what does this mean in terms of biological processes? I see this type of vocab used very frequently in biology. Like oxidizing molecules. Or a reducing sugar. What does that mean? A question from Destroyer said that breaking disulfide bonds happens in reducing conditions. Does this mean that breaking things apart means reduction and synthesizing things means oxidation?