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statin

/ˈstætɪn/

statin noun: any of a class of drugs, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.

Noun

statin (plural statins)

  1. Any of a class of drugs, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
    • The researchers found that statins were likely to provide benefits at a substantially higher health risk than expected and that those risk levels were lower for atorvastatin and rosuvastatin than for simvastatin and pravastatin. […] Yet some of the statin side effects mentioned in the study have...2018 December 3, Jacqueline Howard, “Are statins overprescribed? Why the risks and benefits are so complex”, in CNN
    • Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins to reduce deaths from common cancers and blunt the decline of memory with age.2020 September 21, Jane E. Brody, “For Older People, Reassuring News in the Statin Debate”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2020
  2. An inhibiting hormone: a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.

Antonyms of statin

Forms of statin

pluralstatins

Plural of statin: statins

Origin of statin

From the suffix -statin, which was used for inhibiting hormone names before it was used for HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor drug names (but, like statin, has since become much better known in the latter sense).

Questions about statin

What does statin mean?
Statin means any of a class of drugs, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
What part of speech is statin?
Statin is a noun.
How do you pronounce statin?
Statin is pronounced /ˈstætɪn/.
What is the plural of statin?
The plural of statin is statins.

Words near statin in the dictionary

  1. staticy
  2. statie
  3. staties
  4. statification
  5. Statilian
  6. statin
  7. statine
  8. statines
  9. stating
  10. stating the obvious
  11. statings

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