GLO'BUS HYSTERICUS
\ɡlˈɒbəs hˈɪstəɹˌɪkəs], \ɡlˈɒbəs hˈɪstəɹˌɪkəs], \ɡ_l_ˈɒ_b_ə_s h_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_k_ə_s]\
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Syn. bolus hystericus. A '"rising," "winding arrow"; an obscure sensation as of a globular body rising from the lower part of the trunk to the throat, where it appears to be arrested, causing a sense of constriction and suffocation: a symptom of the onset of an hysterical paroxysm.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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.