ACCIDENTAL COLOURS
\ˌaksɪdˈɛntə͡l kˈʌləz], \ˌaksɪdˈɛntəl kˈʌləz], \ˌa_k_s_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_n_t_əl k_ˈʌ_l_ə_z]\
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Colours depending on the affections of the eye. If after looking steadily at a coloured window we look at a white wall, we see a ghost of the window in complementary colours ; this is an A. image of the window, and its colours are Accidental colours.
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.