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gemfibrozil

US/d͡ʒɛmˈfaɪ.bɹəˌzɪl/

gemfibrozil noun: a drug C₁₅H₂₂O₃ that regulates blood serum lipids and is used especially to lower the levels of triglycerides and increase the levels of HDLs.

gemfibrozil: a drug C₁₅H₂₂O₃ that regulates blood serum lipids and is used especially to lower the levels of...
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Noun

gemfibrozil (uncountable)

  1. A drug C₁₅H₂₂O₃ that regulates blood serum lipids and is used especially to lower the levels of triglycerides and increase the levels of HDLs.
    • 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 gemfibrozil

Probably from gem- (of unknown origin) + -fibrate (“clofibrate derivative”) + -o- + -zil (“alteration of xylene”).

Questions about gemfibrozil

What does gemfibrozil mean?
Gemfibrozil means a drug C₁₅H₂₂O₃ that regulates blood serum lipids and is used especially to lower the levels of triglycerides and increase the levels of HDLs.
What part of speech is gemfibrozil?
Gemfibrozil is a noun.
How do you pronounce gemfibrozil?
Gemfibrozil is pronounced /d͡ʒɛmˈfaɪ.bɹəˌzɪl/ (US).

Words near gemfibrozil in the dictionary

  1. Gemendhoo
  2. gemeprost
  3. gemerald
  4. gemeralds
  5. Gemert-Bakel
  6. gemfibrozil
  7. gemfish
  8. gemfishes
  9. gemichalcone
  10. gemifloxacin
  11. gemigliptin

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