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PRAVACHOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pravachol mean?
• PRAVACHOL (noun)
The noun PRAVACHOL has 1 sense:
1. an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks
Familiarity information: PRAVACHOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Pravachol; pravastatin
Hypernyms ("Pravachol" 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)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
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