Definitions
a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
Word origin
From the suffix -statin, from terms such as lovastatin and simvastatin.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Cholesterol medicine”6 letters
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