EXSUFFLATION
\ɛkssəflˈe͡ɪʃən], \ɛkssəflˈeɪʃən], \ɛ_k_s_s_ə_f_l_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A blowing or blast from beneath: a kind of exorcism, performed by blowing and spitting at the evil spirit. "That wondrous number of ceremonies in exorcism, exsuffiation, use of salt, etc., in the Church of Rome required."-Puller.
By Daniel Lyons
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.