DENUTRITION
\dɪnjuːtɹˈɪʃən], \dɪnjuːtɹˈɪʃən], \d_ɪ_n_j_uː_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A withdrawal or counteraction of nutrition; a deprivation of nourishment produced by excessive waste, leading to atrophy and disintegration of the tissues.
By Alexander Duane
Word of the day
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.