MALNUTRITION
\mˌalnjuːtɹˈɪʃən], \mˌalnjuːtɹˈɪʃən], \m_ˌa_l_n_j_uː_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of MALNUTRITION
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Insufficient nourishment, due to lack of food or faulty digestive processes.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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.