SCAPHOCEPHALIC
\skˌafə͡ʊsfˈalɪk], \skˌafəʊsfˈalɪk], \s_k_ˌa_f_əʊ_s_f_ˈa_l_ɪ_k]\
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By Noah Webster.
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skaf-[=o]-se-fal'ik, adj. boat-shaped, a term applied to a certain kind of deformed skull. [Gr. skaph[=e], a boat, kephal[=e], a head.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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.