LANCINATING
\lˈansɪnˌe͡ɪtɪŋ], \lˈansɪnˌeɪtɪŋ], \l_ˈa_n_s_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
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By William R. Warner
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A species of pain, which consists in lancinations or shootings, similar to those that would be produced by the introduction of a sharp instrument into the suffering part. It is especially in cancer that this kind of pain is felt.
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.