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Related Terms:
pravastatin
cholesterol
release
enzyme
blood
atorvastatin
mevastatin
versipelostatin
lovastatin
biosynthesis
inhibiting
prosomatostatin
quinostatin
lactone
fluvastatin
vastatin
hormone
pitavastatin
cerivastatin
drug
rosuvastatin
statins
nonstatin
compactin
inhibiting hormone
pyrrole
Definitions:
Noun
lipid-lowering medicine
lipid-lowering medication
statin drug
statin
Definition: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
Definition: 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.