PRECIPICE
\pɹˈɛsɪpˌɪs], \pɹˈɛsɪpˌɪs], \p_ɹ_ˈɛ_s_ɪ_p_ˌɪ_s]\
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A steep descent; an abrupt declivity; an almost vertical cliff, or the edge of it; hence, a dangerous situation.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.