FLUIDITY
\fluːˈɪdɪti], \fluːˈɪdɪti], \f_l_uː_ˈɪ_d_ɪ_t_i]\
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The quality of being fluid, or capable of flowing; that quality of a body which renders it impressible to the slightest force, and by which the particles easily move or change their relative position without a separation of the mass; a liquid, aeriform, or gaseous state; opposed to solidity.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.