PINCERS
\pˈɪnsəz], \pˈɪnsəz], \p_ˈɪ_n_s_ə_z]\
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An instrument with two handles and two jaws working on a pivot, used for gripping things; nippers. Also, pinchers.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Prehensile claws, as of lobster; chelae of Insects; chelicerae of Arachnids.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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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.