vinblastine
/vɪnˈblæ.stiːn/noun
vinblastine is a noun meaning “A cytotoxic compound C₄₆H₅₈N₄O₉ of the alkaloid class obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle and used especially in the form of its sulfate in the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-N-B-L-A-S-T-I-N-E, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vinblastine is vinblastines.
What does vinblastine mean?
noun
- 1
A cytotoxic compound C₄₆H₅₈N₄O₉ of the alkaloid class obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle and used especially in the form of its sulfate in the treatment of lymphomas.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vinblastine?
- /vɪnˈblæ.stiːn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vinblastine
- vinblastines plural
- vincaleucoblastine
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vinblastine?
Vinblastine appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you abbreviate vinblastine?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of vinblastine: VBL.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Vinblastine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | vimblastina, vinblastina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vinblastine come from?
Contraction of vincaleucoblastine.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).