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noun
Any of a class of drugs, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An inhibiting hormone: a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: endocrinology, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: liberin, releasing hormone
noun
a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
Narrower terms: atorvastatin, Lipitor, cerivastatin, Baycol, fluvastatin, Lescol, lovastatin, Mevacor, pravastatin, Pravachol, simvastatin, Zocor
History
From the suffix -statin, which was used for inhibiting hormone names before it was used for HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor drug names (but, like statin, has since become much better known in the latter sense).
Across languages
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