PUFFING
\pˈʌfɪŋ], \pˈʌfɪŋ], \p_ˈʌ_f_ɪ_ŋ]\
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an act of forcible exhalation
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blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the room with their ceaseless puffing"
By Princeton University
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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.