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pravastatin

UK/ˌpɹav.əˈstat.ɪn/US/ˈpɹæv.əˌstæt.n̩/

pravastatin noun: a statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.

pravastatin: a statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack
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Noun

pravastatin (uncountable)

  1. A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.
    • 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 new study involved data on the benefits and risks of four commonly used statins: atorvastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin and rosuvastatin.2018 December 3, Jacqueline Howard, “Are statins overprescribed? Why the risks and benefits are so complex”, in CNN

Origin of pravastatin

From pra- (of unknown origin) + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

Words that rhyme with pravastatin

Questions about pravastatin

What does pravastatin mean?
Pravastatin means a statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.
What part of speech is pravastatin?
Pravastatin is a noun.
How do you pronounce pravastatin?
Pravastatin is pronounced /ˌpɹav.əˈstat.ɪn/ (UK).

Words near pravastatin in the dictionary

  1. prauncers
  2. praunces
  3. prauncing
  4. praus
  5. pravadoline
  6. pravastatin
  7. Pravda
  8. Pravdan
  9. Pravdas
  10. Praveen
  11. Pravia

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