clofibrate

[ kloh-fahy-breyt, -fib-reyt ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a substance, C12H15ClO3, used principally to reduce elevated plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels.

Origin of clofibrate

1
1960–65; clofibr(ic acid) (perhaps c(h)lo(ro)-2 + fibr- + -ic) + -ate2

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