PARCHMENT
\pˈɑːt͡ʃmənt], \pˈɑːtʃmənt], \p_ˈɑː_tʃ_m_ə_n_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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The skin of a sheep, goat, etc., dressed and prepared for writing upon; a deed or document on such a prepared skin.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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.