statin
IPA: stˈeɪtɪn
noun
- (pharmacology) 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.
- (endocrinology) An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
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Examples of "statin" in Sentences
- Differences in statin structure.
- Red yeast rice and 'statin' drugs.
- It was an adverse reaction to a statin.
- Relationship to the statin was unclear.
- The TZD and statin trials might fit this.
- It was the first statin approved by the FDA.
- Lipitor is one of many statins on the market.
- Atorvastatin is one of many statins on the market.
- I was not expecting manyWikipedians to be on statin drugs...
- And IMT is not the gold standard for measuring statin efficacy.
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