SUMMATION
\sʌmˈe͡ɪʃən], \sʌmˈeɪʃən], \s_ʌ_m_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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By Princeton University
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By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The production of larger contraction in a muscle by the production of two or more single contractions, when following at a certain rate; or in nerve cells the production of an efficient stimulus by the added effects of a number of stimuli which taken singly are insufficient. [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.