CONTRACTIBILITY
\kəntɹˌaktɪbˈɪlɪti], \kəntɹˌaktɪbˈɪlɪti], \k_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˌa_k_t_ɪ_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]\
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Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibility and dilatability of air.
By Oddity Software
By Thomas Sheridan
Word of the day
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.