OSTRACEA
\ɒstɹˈe͡ɪsi͡ə], \ɒstɹˈeɪsiə], \ɒ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_s_iə]\
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By Noah Webster.
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os-tr[=a]'s[=e]'a, n.pl. the oyster family.--adjs. OSTR[=A]'CEAN, OSTR[=A]'CEOUS.--ns. OS'TRACITE, a fossil oyster; OS'TR[=E]A, the typical genus of the oyster family; OSTR[=E]ICUL'TURE, oyster-culture; OSTR[=E]ICUL'TURIST.
By Thomas Davidson
Word of the day
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.