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vin⋅cris⋅tine

  [vin-kris-teen]
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–noun Pharmacology.
an alkaloid, C46H56N4O10, derived from the periwinkle, Vinca rosea, used in the management of leukemias and lymphomas.
Origin:
1960–65; < NL Vin(ca) a periwinkle genus + L crist(a) crest + -ine 2
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vin·cris·tine   (vĭn-krĭs'tēn')   
n.  An alkaloid, C46H56N4O10, obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle and used as an antineoplastic drug for a variety of neoplasms.

[New Latin Vinca, periwinkle genus; see vinca + Latin crista, crest; see crest + -ine2.]
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Main Entry: vin·cris·tine
Pronunciation: (')vin-'kris-"tEn
Function: noun
: an alkaloid C46H56N4O10that is obtained from the rosy periwinkle and that is used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat some human neoplastic diseases (as acute leukemia) called also leurocristine; —seeONCOVIN
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