JACULATION
\d͡ʒˌakjʊlˈe͡ɪʃən], \dʒˌakjʊlˈeɪʃən], \dʒ_ˌa_k_j_ʊ_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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jak-[=u]-l[=a]'shun, n. the act of throwing or hurling, as a dart.--v.t. JAC'ULATE, to dart, throw.--n. JAC'UL[=A]TOR.--adj. JAC'UL[=A]TORY, darting or throwing out suddenly: ejaculatory. [L. jacul[=a]ri, -[=a]tus, to throw as a dart--jaculum, a dart--jac[)e]re, to throw.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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.