vinblastine
/vɪnˈblæstiːn/noun
mass noun
- Medicine a cytotoxic compound of the alkaloid class obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle and used to treat Hodgkin's disease and other cancers of the lymphatic system【医】长春花碱。
词源
1960s: from modern Latin Vinca (see VINCA) + (leuco) blast (a cell from which a leucocyte develops) + -INE4 .