APYRETIC
\ɐpɪɹˈɛtɪk], \ɐpɪɹˈɛtɪk], \ɐ_p_ɪ_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of APYRETIC
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Without fever. This epithet is given to days in which there is no paroxysm of a disease, as in the case of an intermittent, as well as to some local affections which do not induce fever. Urticaria is sometimes called an apyretic exanthem.
By Robley Dunglison
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.