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  • cisplatin

    a cytotoxic drug that acts by preventing DNA replication and hence cell division, used in the treatment of tumours, esp of the ovary and testis

  • plateau

    a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.

  • platina

    a native alloy of platinum with palladium, iridium, osmium, etc.

  • platinum

    Chemistry. a heavy, grayish-white, highly malleable and ductile metallic element, resistant to most chemicals, practically unoxidizable except in the presence of bases, and fusible only at extremely high temperatures: used for making chemical and scientific apparatus, as a catalyst in the oxidation of ammonia to nitric acid, and in jewelry. Symbol: Pt; atomic weight: 195.09; atomic number: 78; specific gravity: 21.5 at 20°C.

  • platitude

    a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.

  • platte

    a river flowing E from the junction of the North and South Platte rivers in central Nebraska to the Missouri River S of Omaha. 310 miles (500 km) long.
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