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-statin

-statin suffix: used to form the names of statins (lipid-lowering drugs, e.g., atorvastatin, rosuvastatin).

Suffix

-statin

  1. Used to form the names of statins (lipid-lowering drugs, e.g., atorvastatin, rosuvastatin).
  2. Used to form the names of statins (inhibiting hormones, e.g., follistatin, somatostatin).

Origin of -statin

Circa 1970s (appearing first in the sense for hormone names), from international scientific vocabulary reflecting New Latin roots, from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis) (whence also stasis) + -in.

Words formed from -statin

Questions about -statin

What does -statin mean?
-statin means used to form the names of statins (lipid-lowering drugs, e.g., atorvastatin, rosuvastatin).
What part of speech is -statin?
-statin is a suffix.

Words near -statin in the dictionary

  1. -stan
  2. -Stans
  3. -stasis
  4. -stat
  5. -static
  6. -statin
  7. -stats
  8. -stein
  9. -steine
  10. -step
  11. -ster

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