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compactin

compactin noun: the statin mevastatin.

Noun

compactin (uncountable)

  1. The statin mevastatin

Origin of compactin

From compact + -in?

Questions about compactin

What does compactin mean?
Compactin means the statin mevastatin.
What part of speech is compactin?
Compactin is a noun.

Words near compactin in the dictionary

  1. compactifications
  2. compactified
  3. compactifies
  4. compactify
  5. compactifying
  6. compactin
  7. compacting
  8. compaction
  9. compactional
  10. compactions
  11. compactituberculate

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