BRIDE OF THE SEA
\bɹˈa͡ɪd ɒvðə sˈiː], \bɹˈaɪd ɒvðə sˈiː], \b_ɹ_ˈaɪ_d ɒ_v_ð_ə s_ˈiː]\
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Venice, whose doges ever year, on Ascension Day, were married to the Adriatic, throwing a ring into the sea; on the first occasion, as a privilege, granted by Pope Alexander III., n77, when the League of Lombardy had defeated the Emperor Frederic Barbarossa.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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.