BRING AROUND
\bɹˈɪŋ ɐɹˈa͡ʊnd], \bɹˈɪŋ ɐɹˈaʊnd], \b_ɹ_ˈɪ_ŋ ɐ_ɹ_ˈaʊ_n_d]\
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cause to adopt an opinion or course of action; "His urgent letter finally brought me around to give money to the school"
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bring back to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"
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provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to"
By Princeton University
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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.