See Also: somatasthenia(medicine)

vincristine (iou) and somatasthenia (medicine)


vincristine (iou)



vincristine noun. M20.
[formed as VINBLASTINE, the 2nd elem. perh. repr. CRISTA.]
Pharmacology. A cytotoxic alkaloid obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, and used to treat acute leukaemia and Other cancers. Cf. VINBLASTINE.

somatasthenia (medicine)


somatasthenia


A condition of chronic physical weakness and fatigability.

Synonym: somasthenia.

Origin: somat-+ G. Astheneia, weakness