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CERIVASTATIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cerivastatin mean?
• CERIVASTATIN (noun)
The noun CERIVASTATIN has 1 sense:
1. an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels
Familiarity information: CERIVASTATIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Baycol; cerivastatin
Hypernyms ("cerivastatin" is a kind of...):
lipid-lowering medication; lipid-lowering medicine; statin; statin drug (a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase)
Context examples
The sodium salt of cerivastatin, a synthetic lipid-lowering agent.
(Cerivastatin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)
Cerivastatin competitively inhibits hepatic hydroxymethyl-glutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, the enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a key step in cholesterol synthesis.
(Cerivastatin, NCI Thesaurus)
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