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atorvastatin

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/əˌtɔːvəˈstætɪn/ (UK)
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/əˌtɔːvəˈstætɪn/ (UK) · /əˈtɔːɹvəˌstætɪn/ (US) · /əˌtɔːɹvəˈstætɪn/ (US)

Definition of atorvastatin

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noun

  1. (uncountable, usually)A statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From ator- + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”). The prefix probably from Spanish atorar (“to clog”), wherein the verb suffix -ar was taken off. Thus, the role is "to inhibit the clogging (of cholesterol)".

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