FIDES
\fˈa͡ɪdz], \fˈaɪdz], \f_ˈaɪ_d_z]\
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By Noah Webster.
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Lat. Faith; honesty; confidence ; trust; veracity ; honor. Occurring In thephrases "bona fides," (good faith,) "mala fides," (bad faith,) and "uberrima fides," (theutmost or most abundant good faith.)Fides est obligatio conscientiae alicu- jus ad intentionem alterius. Bacon. A trust isan obligation of conscience of one to the will of another.Fides servanda est. Faith must be observed. An agent must not violate the confidencereposed in him. Story, Ag.
By Henry Campbell Black
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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.