TO PUT THE CHANGE ON
\tə pˌʊt ðə t͡ʃˈe͡ɪnd͡ʒ ˈɒn], \tə pˌʊt ðə tʃˈeɪndʒ ˈɒn], \t_ə p_ˌʊ_t ð_ə tʃ_ˈeɪ_n_dʒ ˈɒ_n]\
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To trick: to mislead: to deceive: to humbug. "I have put the change upon her that she may be otherwise employed."-Congreve. "You cannot put the change on me so easy as you think, for I have lived among the quick-stirring spirits of the age too long to swallow chaff for grain."-Sir W. Scott.
By Daniel Lyons
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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.