English Dictionary

statin

noun

(pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.

I take a statin every day to control my cholesterol levels.

意味（1）

(pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.

Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins to reduce deaths from common cancers and blunt the decline of memory with age.

意味（2）

(endocrinology) An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.