DEPEDITATE
\dɪpˈɛdɪtˌe͡ɪt], \dɪpˈɛdɪtˌeɪt], \d_ɪ_p_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_t_ˌeɪ_t]\
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/dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with "decapitate"]Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using somecomputer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of textblocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-offletter descenders. Such letters are said to have beendepeditated.
By Denis Howe
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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.