SPARGOSIS
\spɑːɡˈə͡ʊsɪs], \spɑːɡˈəʊsɪs], \s_p_ɑː_ɡ_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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spär-g[=o]'sis, n. great distention of the breasts with milk.--Also SPARGAN[=O]'SIS. [Gr. sparg[=o]sis--spargan, to swell.]
By Thomas Davidson
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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.