noun
an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate
• Syn: ↑Mevacor
• Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑Mevacor)
• Hypernyms: ↑lipid-lowering medicine, ↑lipid-lowering medication, ↑statin drug, ↑statin
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\\¦lōvə¦statən, ¦lə-\ noun (-s)Etymology: lov- (perhaps by shortening & alteration from mevinolin, earlier name for the drug) + connective -a- + -stat + -in
: a drug C24H36O8 that decreases the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream by inhibiting the liver enzyme that controls cholesterol synthesis and is used in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia
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/loh'veuh stat"n/, n.
a drug that reduces the levels of fats in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids.
[1985-90; of undetermined orig.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.