vincristine
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English
Etymology
From vin- (“vinca alkaloid”) + Latin crista (“tuft of leaves on plants”) + -ine.
Pronunciation
Noun
vincristine (countable and uncountable, plural vincristines)
- (biochemistry, pharmacology) A cytotoxic compound C46H56N4O10 of the alkaloid class obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle and used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat acute leukemia and other cancers.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), pages 139–140:
- Although originally intended as an antidiabetic, vincristine at small doses was found to kill leukemia cells.
References
- “vincristine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “vincristine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
French
Noun
vincristine f (plural vincristines)