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An inseparable particle used In composition, to mark an ill sense or deprava- tion of tbe meaning; as "miscomputation" or "misaccompting." i. c., false reckoning. Several of the words following are illustrations of the force of this monosyllable.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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.