PINCHED
\pˈɪnt͡ʃt], \pˈɪntʃt], \p_ˈɪ_n_tʃ_t]\
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sounding as if the nose were pinched; "a whining nasal voice"
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not having enough money to pay for necessities
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as if squeezed uncomfortably tight; "her pinched toes in her pointed shoes were killing her"
By Princeton University
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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.