ENNUYE
\ɛnˈuːj], \ɛnˈuːj], \ɛ_n_ˈuː_j]\
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By Noah Webster.
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[Fr.] One suffering from ennui (q.v.). Book of Enoch A book written probably in the century preceding the Christian era. It was lost after the time of Jerome, who mentions it ; but two Ethiopic copies were discovered by Bruce, the African explorer. A passage from this book is quoted in the Epistle of St. Jude.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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.