NOBBLE
\nˈɒbə͡l], \nˈɒbəl], \n_ˈɒ_b_əl]\
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deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
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disable by drugging; "nobble the race horses"
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take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
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.