POCOCURANTE
\pˌɒkəkjʊɹˈɑːnte͡ɪ], \pˌɒkəkjʊɹˈɑːnteɪ], \p_ˌɒ_k_ə_k_j_ʊ_ɹ_ˈɑː_n_t_eɪ]\
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p[=o]-k[=o]-k[=oo]-ran'te, n. a careless or inattentive person.--ns. POCOCURANT'ISM, carelessness: inaccuracy; POCOCURANT'IST. [It. poco, little, curare, to care.]
By Thomas Davidson
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Indifferent (person). Hence pococurant (e)-ISM n.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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.