PRIMO EXCUTIENDA
\pɹˈiːmə͡ʊ ɛkskjˈuːʃəndə], \pɹˈiːməʊ ɛkskjˈuːʃəndə], \p_ɹ_ˈiː_m_əʊ ɛ_k_s_k_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n_d_ə]\
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impartiality, as it is said, lets the point of it fall upon one of the three names nominated for each county, etc., and the person upon whose name it chances to fail is sheriff for the ensuing year. This is called "pricking for sheriffs." Atk. Sher. 18.
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.