| NOUN | artifact | statin drug, lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin | a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase |
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| Meaning | A medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase. | |
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| Synonyms | lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin | |
| Narrower | atorvastatin, Lipitor | An oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides |
| cerivastatin, Baycol | An oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels | |
| fluvastatin, Lescol | Least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol) | |
| lovastatin, Mevacor | An oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels | |
| pravastatin, Pravachol | An oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels | |
| simvastatin, Zocor | An oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels | |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
| Spanish | estatina | |
| Catalan | estatina | |
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