PHOTOCHROMY
\fˌə͡ʊtə͡ʊkɹˈə͡ʊmi], \fˌəʊtəʊkɹˈəʊmi], \f_ˌəʊ_t_əʊ_k_ɹ_ˈəʊ_m_i]\
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By Noah Webster.
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f[=o]'t[=o]-kr[=o]-mi, n. the art of reproducing colours by photography.--adj. PHOTOCHROMAT'IC.--n. PHOTOCHR[=O]'MOTYPE, a photo-process picture printed in colours by any of the ordinary methods of typography in colours. [Gr. ph[=o]s, ph[=o]tos, light, chr[=o]ma, colour.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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.