COMPULSIVE ACT
\kəmpˈʌlsɪv ˈakt], \kəmpˈʌlsɪv ˈakt], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v ˈa_k_t]\
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The a. of a person in consequence of an imperative or compulsive, usually unconscious, impulse. [Lat.]
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.