RICKETTSIALPOX
\ɹˈɪkɪtsˌɪɐlpˌɒks], \ɹˈɪkɪtsˌɪɐlpˌɒks], \ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ɪ_t_s_ˌɪ__ɐ_l_p_ˌɒ_k_s]\
Definitions of RICKETTSIALPOX
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mild infectious rickettsial disease caused by a bacterium of the genus Rickettsia transmitted to humans by the bite a mite that lives on rodents; characterized by chills and fever and headache and skin lesions that resemble chickenpox
By Princeton University
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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.