SUPEREROGATORY
\sˌuːpəɹɪɹˈɒɡətəɹˌi], \sˌuːpəɹɪɹˈɒɡətəɹˌi], \s_ˌuː_p_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ɹ_ˈɒ_ɡ_ə_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
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more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
By Princeton University
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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.