BEDIZENMENT
\bɪdˈa͡ɪzənmənt], \bɪdˈaɪzənmənt], \b_ɪ_d_ˈaɪ_z_ə_n_m_ə_n_t]\
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The act of bedizening: the state of being bedizened: that which bedizens. "The bedizenment of the great spirit's sanctuary with skulls." - Kingsley. "Strong Dames of the Market ... with oak branches, tricolor bedizenment." - Carlyle.
By Daniel Lyons
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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.