vinblastine

noun

vin·​blas·​tine (ˌ)vin-ˈbla-ˌstēn 

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web

However, in recent weeks, her colleagues who treat blood cancers have expressed deep concerns about the availability of vinblastine. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023

However, reports from children’s hospitals across the country are pointing to supply problems for two other chemotherapy drugs that are commonly used to treat pediatric cancers: vinblastine and dacarbazine. —Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 25 Sep. 2023

The rose periwinkle has given us vinblastine and vincristine, both used to treat leukaemia. —Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2012

The 16 drugs that Pfizer and Cipla will sell have unfamiliar names like vinblastine, bleomycin and fluorouracil. —Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times, 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, 12 May 2016

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

vinblastine

noun

vin·​blas·​tine (ˈ)vin-ˈblas-ˌtēn 

: 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