statin

Swedish - Turkish

Definition of statin in Swedish Turkish dictionary

statiz

German - Turkish

Definition of statin in German Turkish dictionary

statiz

English - English

Definition of statin in English English dictionary

Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis

a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase

Any of a class of drugs that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis

Etymology

() From the suffix -statin, from terms such as lovastatin and ''simvastatin.