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ONCOVIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Oncovin mean?
• ONCOVIN (noun)
The noun ONCOVIN has 1 sense:
1. periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
Familiarity information: ONCOVIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Periwinkle plant derivative used as an antineoplastic drug (trade name Oncovin); used to treat cancer of the lymphatic system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Oncovin; vincristine
Hypernyms ("Oncovin" is a kind of...):
periwinkle plant derivative (an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
Context examples
It includes the drugs mechlorethamine hydrochloride, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.
(MOPP, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the drugs etoposide phosphate, prednisone, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), cyclophosphamide, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin).
(EPOCH, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), etoposide, prednisone, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin).
(OEPA, NCI Dictionary)
Oncovin is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.
(Oncovin, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the drugs vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), prednisone, procarbazine hydrochloride, and doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin).
(OPPA, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the drugs bleomycin sulfate, etoposide phosphate, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.
(BEACOPP, NCI Dictionary)
COPP-ABV regimen includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, prednisone, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), bleomycin sulfate, and vinblastine sulfate.
(COPP-ABV regimen, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin hydrochloride (hydroxydaunorubicin), vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), prednisone, and etoposide phosphate.
(CHOPE, NCI Dictionary)
COPP-ABV includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, prednisone, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), bleomycin sulfate, and vinblastine sulfate.
(COPP-ABV, NCI Dictionary)
It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.
(COPP, NCI Dictionary)
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