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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

simvastatin

· sim·va·stat·in · IPA /ˈsɪm.vəˌstæt.n̩/
01 n. a chemical substance (C25H38O5) having inhibitory activity on the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, and used in medicine to reduce cholesterol leve…
  1. 1.
    a chemical substance (C25H38O5) having inhibitory activity on the enzyme HMG-CoA reductase, and used in medicine to reduce cholesterol levels in blood.
Syn. synvinolin; MK-733; Zocor.