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vinblastine

noun
vin·​blas·​tine | \ (ˌ)vin-ˈbla-ˌstēn How to pronounce vinblastine (audio) \

Definition of vinblastine

: an alkaloid C46H58N4O9 from the rosy periwinkle used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat human neoplastic diseases (such as Hodgkin's disease)

Examples of vinblastine in a Sentence

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 The 16 drugs that Pfizer and Cipla will sell have unfamiliar names like vinblastine, bleomycin and fluorouracil. — Donald G. Mcneil Jr., New York Times, "As Cancer Tears Through Africa, Drug Makers Draw Up a Battle Plan," 7 Oct. 2017 The combinations — Adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine, for instance, to treat Hodgkin’s disease — were rarely changed for individual patients. — Siddhartha Mukherjee, New York Times, "The Improvisational Oncologist," 12 May 2016

First Known Use of vinblastine

1962, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for vinblastine

contraction of vincaleukoblastine, from vinca + leukoblast developing leukocyte, from leuk- + -blast

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vinblastine

noun
vin·​blas·​tine | \ (ˈ)vin-ˈblas-ˌtēn How to pronounce vinblastine (audio) \

Medical Definition of vinblastine

: an alkaloid that is obtained from the rosy periwinkle and that is used especially in the form of its sulfate C46H58N4O9·H2SO4 to treat human neoplastic diseases (as Hodgkin's lymphoma and testicular carcinoma)

— called also vincaleukoblastine

— see abvd

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