BETWEENITY
\bɪtwˈiːnɪti], \bɪtwˈiːnɪti], \b_ɪ_t_w_ˈiː_n_ɪ_t_i]\
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The state or quality of being between: intermediate condition: that which occupies an intermediate space, place, or position. "To rejoin heads tails and betweenities" - Southey. "The house is not Gothic, but of that betweenity that intervened when Gothic declined and Palladian was creeping in." - H Walpole.
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.