LEUCOCYTHAEMIA
\lˌuːkəsɪθˈiːmi͡ə], \lˌuːkəsɪθˈiːmiə], \l_ˌuː_k_ə_s_ɪ_θ_ˈiː_m_iə]\
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A condition of the blood, which consists in a superabundant development of the white corpuscles, a disease which has been observed at times to be accompanied by enlargement of the spleen and liver, and at others by increased size of the lymphatic glands. See Leucaemia.
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.