VINCRISTINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vincristine mean? 

• VINCRISTINE (noun)
  The noun VINCRISTINE 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: VINCRISTINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VINCRISTINE (noun)

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 ("vincristine" is a kind of...):

periwinkle plant derivative (an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer)

 Context examples 

A chemotherapy combination consisting of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, prednisone, and vincristine.

(Bleomycin/Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Prednisone/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin and vincristine used for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

(CAV Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, etoposide and vincristine used for the treatment of extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

(CEV Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

Some alkaloids, such as vincristine, are used to treat cancer.

(Alkaloid, NCI Dictionary)

A regimen consisting of bleomycin and vincristine used for the treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma.

(BV Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin and high-dose methotrexate used to treat aggressive forms of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; also used as primary treatment of AIDS-related and low-risk Burkitt's lymphoma.

(CODOX-M Regimen, NCI Thesaurus)

A chemotherapy combination consisting of bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, etoposide, prednisone and vincristine.

(Bleomycin/Cyclophosphamide/Doxorubicin/Etoposide/Prednisone/Vincristine, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the drugs cyclophosphamide, vincristine sulfate (Oncovin), procarbazine hydrochloride, and prednisone.

(COPP, NCI Dictionary)

It includes the drugs doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin), bleomycin sulfate, vincristine sulfate, and etoposide.

(ABVE, 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)