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atorvastatin

UK/əˌtɔːvəˈstætɪn//əˈtɔːɹvəˌstætɪn/

atorvastatin noun: a statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others.

Noun

atorvastatin (usually uncountable, plural atorvastatins)

  1. (usually) A statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others.
    • Among statins, only simvastatin (up to 7.5 ng/L) and pravastatin (up to 40.4 ng/L) were identified in the raw water being these concentrations substantially higher than those found in the literature, 1 ng/L for pravastatin (Miao and Metcalfe, 2003) and 1.4 ng/L for atorvastatin and 1.0 ng/L for its...2011 June, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and...
    • The researchers found that statins were likely to provide benefits at a substantially higher health risk than expected and that those risk levels were lower for atorvastatin and rosuvastatin than for simvastatin and pravastatin.2018 December 3, Jacqueline Howard, “Are statins overprescribed? Why the risks and benefits are so complex”, in CNN

Forms of atorvastatin

pluralatorvastatins

Origin of atorvastatin

From ator- + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”). The prefix probably from Spanish atorar (“to clog”), wherein the verb suffix -ar was taken off. Thus, the role is "to inhibit the clogging (of cholesterol)".

Questions about atorvastatin

What does atorvastatin mean?
Atorvastatin means a statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others.
What part of speech is atorvastatin?
Atorvastatin is a noun.
How do you pronounce atorvastatin?
Atorvastatin is pronounced /əˌtɔːvəˈstætɪn/ (UK).
What is the plural of atorvastatin?
The plural of atorvastatin is atorvastatins.

Words near atorvastatin in the dictionary

  1. Atorada
  2. Atorai
  3. atoroidal
  4. atoroidality
  5. atorolimumab
  6. atorvastatin
  7. atorvastatins
  8. atorvastin
  9. atorvostatin
  10. ATOs
  11. atosiban

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