CORPUSCULA TACTUS
\kɔːpˈʌskjʊlə tˈaktəs], \kɔːpˈʌskjʊlə tˈaktəs], \k_ɔː_p_ˈʌ_s_k_j_ʊ_l_ə t_ˈa_k_t_ə_s]\
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Bodies, composed of a horizontally laminated mass of areolar tissue, which are found in the papillae of parts endowed with great tactile sensibility. The nerves of touch conmmunicate with them, and their function is probably to render the sense more acute.
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.