SEIGNIORAGE
\sˈe͡ɪni͡əɹɪd͡ʒ], \sˈeɪniəɹɪdʒ], \s_ˈeɪ_n_iə_ɹ_ɪ_dʒ]\
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Something claimed by royal right, as a charge on metal brought to the royal mint to be coined; a share of the receipts of a business taken in payment for the use of a right, as a copyright or patent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.