CHAFING
\t͡ʃˈe͡ɪfɪŋ], \tʃˈeɪfɪŋ], \tʃ_ˈeɪ_f_ɪ_ŋ]\
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By Noah Webster.
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The red excoriations which occur in consequence of the friction of parts, or between the folds of the skin, especially in fat or neglected children. Washing with cold water and dusting with hair-powder is the best preventive. When occurring between the nates and in the region of the perinaeum, from long walking,-Intertri’go pod'icis, Proctal’gia intertrigino'sa,-it is vulgarly designated by the French-Entrefesson.
By Robley Dunglison
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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.