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vinca alkaloid(medicine)
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vinca alkaloid (medicine) and contrast bath (medicine)


vinca alkaloid (medicine)


vinca alkaloid
<drug, oncology> Anti-cancer drugs originally derived from the common periwinkle Catharantus roseus. Drugs of this type include vincristine, vinblastine.


contrast bath (medicine)


contrast bath


A bath in which a part is immersed in hot water for a period of a few minutes and then in cold, the hot and cold periods alternated regularly at intervals, usually half-hours; used to increase the blood flow to the part.