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Definition of Statin
1. Noun. A medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase.
Specialized synonyms: Atorvastatin, Lipitor, Baycol, Cerivastatin, Fluvastatin, Lescol, Lovastatin, Mevacor, Pravachol, Pravastatin, Simvastatin, Zocor
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine
Definition of Statin
1. Noun. (pharmaceutical drug) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Statin
1. any of a class of drugs that reduce serum cholesterol levels [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Statin
Literary usage of Statin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"... the testimony tended to show that this money was left iu defendant's hands by Mr.
White, when the aforesaid statement of account statin. ..."
2. A Treatise on the Power and Duty of an Arbitrator, and the Law of by Francis Russell (1878)
"... a particular reason for stating certain '• • • • facts, as for instance, to
clear the character of a party from stated only an imputation (u). statin ..."
3. Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Dictionary of All the Principal Names and Terms by John Lemprière, Lorenzo L. Da Ponte, John David Ogilby (1866)
"He was one of the ten praetors. positions except Virgil's. The style of statin*
is bombastic and affected ; he ollen forgets lh» poet to become the ..."
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