VERDUN
\vˈɜːdʌn], \vˈɜːdʌn], \v_ˈɜː_d_ʌ_n]\
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a battle in World War I (1916); in some of the bloodiest fighting in World War I the German offensive was stopped
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.