SCANNING
\skˈanɪŋ], \skˈanɪŋ], \s_k_ˈa_n_ɪ_ŋ]\
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By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. Act of looking on, examining, or measuring with a critical eye;-act of measuring verse or lines of poetry with regard to the number of feet, and the length or quantity of the syllable In each foot;—also, act of reciting verse, so as to distinguish syllables and feet.
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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.