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atorvastatin

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12 lettersPronunciation /əˌtɔːvəˈstætɪn/Part of speech nounSorted aaainorstttvStarts with AEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. A statin medicine used to lower cholesterol.

Word origin

From ator- + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”). The prefix probably from Spanish atorar (“to clog”), wherein the verb suffix -ar was taken off. Thus, the role is "to inhibit the clogging (of cholesterol)".

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