statin
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statin
- /ˈstætɪn/
Sounds like Staten
Where it comes from
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).
noun statins
- 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 not
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An inhibiting hormone: a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
Opposite: liberin, releasing hormone
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noun any of a class of drugs
| Español | estatina |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 他汀類藥物 /他汀类药物 tātīnglèi yàowù |
| Français | statine |
| Deutsch | Statin |
Talk about this word "statin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/statin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. statin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/statin "statin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/statin.Cite this
@misc{statin_2026,
title = {statin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/statin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
