OBSTIPATION
\ɒbstɪpˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɒbstɪpˈeɪʃən], \ɒ_b_s_t_ɪ_p_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Intestinal obstruction, especially obstruction of a severer type than ordinary constipation. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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.