BORBORYGMUS
\bˈɔːbɔːɹˌɪɡməs], \bˈɔːbɔːɹˌɪɡməs], \b_ˈɔː_b_ɔː_ɹ_ˌɪ_ɡ_m_ə_s]\
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By William R. Warner
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The noise made by flatus in the intestines. This happens often in health, especially in nervous individuals.
By Robley Dunglison
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.