SOOTHE
\sˈuːð], \sˈuːð], \s_ˈuː_ð]\
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To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
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To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
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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.