VIGESIMAL
\vˈa͡ɪd͡ʒsɪmə͡l], \vˈaɪdʒsɪməl], \v_ˈaɪ_dʒ_s_ɪ_m_əl]\
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By Noah Webster.
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v[=i]-jes'i-mal, adj. twentieth.--n. VIGESIM[=A]'TION, the putting to death of every twentieth man.--adj. VIGES'IMO-QUAR'TO, formed of sheets folded so as to make twenty-four leaves. [L. vigesimus--viginti, twenty.]
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.