OPERATION, CHYMICAL
\ˌɒpəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɒpəɹˈeɪʃən], \ˌɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
Is any process whose object is the preparation of medicines; their combinations with each other, analysis, and decomposition ;-such are, solution, distillation, sublimation, evaporation, digestion, maceration, infusion, decoction, calcination, & c. Some of these operations are mechanical; others, really chymical.
By Robley Dunglison
Word of the day
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.