FOULNESS
\fˈa͡ʊlnəs], \fˈaʊlnəs], \f_ˈaʊ_l_n_ə_s]\
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By Noah Webster.
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n. The quality of being foul; filthiness; defilement; pollution; impurity;—ugliness; deformity;—hatefulness;—unfairness; dishonesty.
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Filthiness, nastiness; pollution, impurity; hatefulness; injustice; ugliness; dishonesty.
By Thomas Sheridan
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.