ALLEGORICAL
\ˌalɪɡˈɒɹɪkə͡l], \ˌalɪɡˈɒɹɪkəl], \ˌa_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_k_əl]\
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Figurative; describing by resemblance.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Pertaining to or containing allegory; figurative.
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.