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bezafibrate

bezafibrate noun: a fibrate drug used to treat hyperlipidaemia.

Noun

bezafibrate (uncountable)

  1. A fibrate drug used to treat hyperlipidaemia.
    • The last compound, gemfibrozil is the sole antilipidemic compound found (up to 3 ng/L) in a USA survey of 18 DWTPs whereas atorvastatin, simvastatin and their metabolites, the other studied compounds, were absent (Benotti et al., 2009). In our study, the two statins identified at the intake of the...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...

Origin of bezafibrate

From [Term?] + -fibrate (“clofibrate derivative”).

Questions about bezafibrate

What does bezafibrate mean?
Bezafibrate means a fibrate drug used to treat hyperlipidaemia.
What part of speech is bezafibrate?
Bezafibrate is a noun.

Words near bezafibrate in the dictionary

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  3. Bezabde
  4. Bezabeh
  5. Bezabehs
  6. bezafibrate
  7. Bezaleel
  8. Bezalel
  9. Bezanson
  10. Bezansons
  11. bezant

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