ENDO
\ˈɛndə͡ʊ], \ˈɛndəʊ], \ˈɛ_n_d_əʊ]\
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By Robley Dunglison
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in comb. =Greek endon within, as: -car- dium, lining membrane of heart; -carp, inner layer of pericarp; -crane, inner surface of skull; -derm, inner layer of blastoderm; -gamous, -gamy, (of) marrying within the tribe; -gen, plant that develops wood in interior of stem; -genous, growing from within; -lymph, fluid in membranous labyrinth of ear; -metritis, -metrium, (inflammation of) lining membrane of womb; -morph, mineral enclosed in another; -parasite, internal parasite; -plasm, -sarc, inner soft layer of protoplasm; -scope, instrument for viewing internal parts of body; -skeleton, internal framework of vertebrates; endo\'smose, -osmo\'sis, passage of a fluid inwards through a porous septum; -sperm, albumen enclosed with embryo in seeds; -spore, inner coat of spore, spore formed in a case; -the lium, layer of cells lining blood-vessels &c.
By Sir Augustus Henry
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Platidiam
- An inorganic water-soluble platinum complex. After undergoing hydrolysis, it reacts DNA produce both intra interstrand crosslinks. These crosslinks appear to impair replication and transcription of DNA. The cytotoxicity cisplatin correlates with cellular arrest in G2 phase cell cycle.