HOWITZER
\hˈa͡ʊɪtsə], \hˈaʊɪtsə], \h_ˈaʊ_ɪ_t_s_ə]\
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A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
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A gun so short that the projectile, which was hollow, could be put in its place by hand; a kind of mortar.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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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.