ATRICULATION
\ˌatɹɪkjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌatɹɪkjʊlˈeɪʃən], \ˌa_t_ɹ_ɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By some of the French surgeons and anatomists, article is restricted more particularly to a movable articulation. Same etymon. The union of bones with each other, as well as the kind of union. The articulations are subject to a number of diseases, which are generally somewhat severe. These may be physical, as wounds, sprains, luxations, &c,; or they may be organic, as ankylosis, extraneous bodies, caries, rheumatism, gout, hydrarthroses, arthropyosis. Articulation means also the combination of letters which constitute words. See Voice.
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.