simvastatin

[ sim-vuh-stat-n, sim-vuh-stat-n ]

nounPharmacology.
  1. a statin, C25H38O5, used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.

Origin of simvastatin

1
First recorded in 1985–90; sim-, possibly alteration of syn(thetic), + (lo)vastatin

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