DIASPORE
\dˈa͡ɪəspˌɔː], \dˈaɪəspˌɔː], \d_ˈaɪ_ə_s_p_ˌɔː]\
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A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; - so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
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A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; - so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.
By Noah Webster.
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[Greek] Any spore, seed, fruit, or other portion of a plant when being dispersed and able to produce a new plant; disseminule, propagule.
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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.