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\ba͡ɪstˈa͡ʊ͡əɹi], \baɪstˈaʊəɹi], \b_aɪ_s_t_ˈaʊə_ɹ_i]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A small curved knife for surgical operations, said to be named for the town of Pistori in France, where there was a celebrated factory for these knives. [Fr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. A surgical instrument for making incisions.
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A surgeon's instrument used in making incisions.
By Thomas Sheridan
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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.