AGYRTA
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Formerly, a stroller who pretended to supernatural powers. Subsequently, a quack or illiterate pretender.-See Charlatan.
By Robley Dunglison
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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.