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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 attacksplay

  Familiarity information: PRAVACHOL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAVACHOL (noun)


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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