VINCRISTINE

Meaning of VINCRISTINE in English

[vin.cris.tine] n [vinca + L crista crest + E

[2]-ine--more at crest] (ca. 1962): an alkaloid from Madagascar periwinkle used esp. in the form of its sulfate to treat some human neoplastic diseases (as leukemias)

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VINCRISTINE — MedMaster
Drug information English vocab
VINCRISTINE — noun see: crest Date: circa 1962 an alkaloid C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 from the rosy periwinkle …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VINCRISTINE — vinˈkriˌstēn, viŋˈk-, -_stə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: vin blastine (herein) + leuro cristine , an earlier name, perhaps from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VINCRISTINE — /vin kris"teen/ , n. Pharm. an alkaloid, C 46 H 56 N 4 O 10 , derived from the periwinkle, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VINCRISTINE — noun Etymology: vin ca + Latin crista crest + English -ine (II) — more at crest Date: circa 1962 : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VINCRISTINE — [ vɪn'krɪsti:n ] ■ noun Medicine a compound obtained from a species of periwinkle (plant) and used to treat acute …
Concise Oxford English vocab
VINCRISTINE — An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of plant drugs called vinca alkaloids.
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
VINCRISTINE — a chemotherapeutic drug used to treat various neoplastic (cancerous) conditions including Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoma. Side effects include peripheral neuropathy. …
AIDS English Glossary
VINCRISTINE — adj. Pronunciation: ( ˌ )vin- ' kris- ˌ t ē n Function: noun Etymology: vin circa + Latin crista crest …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
VINCRISTINE (SYSTEMIC) — USP DI
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VINCREX — USP DI - Vincristine (Systemic)
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VINCASAR PFS — USP DI - Vincristine (Systemic)
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VINCASAR — MedMaster - Vincristine
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ONCOVIN — MedMaster - Vincristine USP DI - Vincristine (Systemic)
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CHEMOTHERAPY — Treatment of diseases, including cancer , with chemicals. Some cancer drugs interfere with cancer-cell division or enzyme processes. However, they …
Английский словарь Британика
CHEMOTHERAPY — the treatment of diseases by chemical compounds. Chemotherapeutic drugs were originally those employed against infectious microbes, but the term has …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALKALOID — any of a class of naturally occurring organic nitrogen-containing bases. Alkaloids have diverse and important physiological effects on humans and …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHEMOTHERAPY — n. Treatment of diseases, including cancer , with chemicals. Some cancer drugs interfere with cancer-cell division or enzyme processes. However, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MBACOD — a chemotherapeutic cancer treatment regimen that combines the drugs methotrexate, bleomycin, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin) and dexamethasone.
AIDS English Glossary
CHOP — a chemotherapeutic regimen for cancer treatment that combines cyclophosphamide, hydroxyldaunomycin (doxorubicin, or Adriamycin), vincristine (Oncovin) and prednisone.
AIDS English Glossary

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