WIDAL'S SERUM-TEST
\wˈɪdə͡lz sˈɛɹəmtˈɛst], \wˈɪdəlz sˈɛɹəmtˈɛst], \w_ˈɪ_d_əl_z s_ˈɛ_ɹ_ə_m_t_ˈɛ_s_t]\
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A test for typhoid fever made by adding one part of blood-serum from a suspected case to ten parts of a bouillon-culture of typhoid bacilli. If the person has typhoid a reaction occurs, consisting of gradual loss of motility in the bacilli after their coagulation into groups.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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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.