statin

See also: -statin

English

Etymology

From the suffix -statin, from terms such as lovastatin and simvastatin.

Noun

statin (plural statins)

1. (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.
2. (endocrinology) An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.

Translations

any of a class of drugs

• Finnish: statiini
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Anagrams

• Nittas, Titans, nittas, sattin, taints, tanist, tintas, titans