EPIPODIUM
\ˌɛpɪpˈə͡ʊdi͡əm], \ˌɛpɪpˈəʊdiəm], \ˌɛ_p_ɪ_p_ˈəʊ_d_iə_m]\
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The embryonic leaf-lamina ; ridge or fold running along the entire edge of the creeping sole of the foot of Gastropods, often beset with papillae ; the raised ring on an ambulacral plate surrounding the two pores through which the tube-feet project in Echinoidea.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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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.