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\ʌnktjˈuːuːz], \ʌnktjˈuːuːz], \ʌ_n_k_t_j_ˈuː_uː_z]\
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By Noah Webster.
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Oily; bland; insincerely gushing.
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Unctuously.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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.