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Lipitor

Lipitor proper noun: a trade name for the drug atorvastatin.

Proper noun

Lipitor

  1. A trade name for the drug atorvastatin.

Origin of Lipitor

An invented trade name for a lipid-lowering agent, quite clearly meant to be evocative of the word lipid.

Questions about Lipitor

What does Lipitor mean?
Lipitor means a trade name for the drug atorvastatin.
What part of speech is Lipitor?
Lipitor is a proper noun.

Words near Lipitor in the dictionary

  1. lipins
  2. Lipinski
  3. Lipinski's rule of five
  4. Lipinskis
  5. lipiodol
  6. Lipitor
  7. Lipizza
  8. Lipizzan
  9. Lipizzaner
  10. Lipizzaners
  11. Lipizzans

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