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 

• CERIVASTATIN (noun)

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)