HEMOSTASIS
\hˈiːmə͡ʊstˌasiz], \hˈiːməʊstˌasiz], \h_ˈiː_m_əʊ_s_t_ˌa_s_i_z]\
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The process which spontaneously arrests the flow of blood from vessels carrying blood under pressure. It is accomplished by contraction of the vessels, adhesion and aggregation of formed blood elements, and the process of blood or plasma coagulation.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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.