ECTOSTOSIS
\ˌɛktəstˈə͡ʊsɪs], \ˌɛktəstˈəʊsɪs], \ˌɛ_k_t_ə_s_t_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_s]\
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By William R. Warner
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Formation of bone in which the ossification begins under the perichondrium and either surrounds or replaces the cartilage.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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Ossification beginning underneath the perichondria.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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.