vinpocetine
noun
vinpocetine is a noun meaning “A semisynthetic derivative alkaloid of vincamine, widely marketed as a supplement for vasodilation and as a nootropic for the improvement of memory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-N-P-O-C-E-T-I-N-E, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vinpocetine mean?
noun
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A semisynthetic derivative alkaloid of vincamine, widely marketed as a supplement for vasodilation and as a nootropic for the improvement of memory.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vinpocetine?
Vinpocetine appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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).
Vinpocetine in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vinpocétine |
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 vinpocetine come from?
From vinpoc- -ine (“alteration of apovincamine”) + eth-.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).