statin

[ stat-n ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. any of a class of drugs that reduce the levels of lipids in the blood by altering the enzyme activity in the liver that produces lipids: used in the prevention and treatment of heart disease.

statin

/ ˈstætɪn /

noun

1. any of a class of drugs, including atorvastatin and simvastatin, that lower the levels of low-density lipoproteins in the blood by inhibiting the activity of an enzyme involved in the production of cholesterol in the liver

statin

/ stăt′n /

1. Any of a class of drugs that inhibit a key enzyme involved in the synthesis of cholesterol and promote receptor binding of LDL-cholesterol, resulting in decreased levels of serum cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol and increased levels of HDL-cholesterol.

Word History and Origins

Origin of statin¹

First recorded in 1985–90; extracted from (lova)statin and other drugs in this class

Example Sentences

Plus, a new study suggests statins can help hospitalized patients.

From Popular-Science

Further, they found statins were associated with about a 25 percent reduced risk of the most severe outcomes.

From Popular-Science

The FDA approved the first two PCSK9 inhibitors—alternatives to statins—in 2015.

From Singularity Hub 

I think that we had a very unique cosmic shift in a universe where people are really looking for their purpose and they’re no longer looking to just go through the motion of being on Valiums and statins and going home every day being unhappy.

From Eater

A meta-analysis involving 65,000 patients concluded that statins do not offer a mortality benefit to people without heart disease who use it as preventative medicine.

From Fortune

Yet another important barrier to addressing this issue is the implication for statin sales.

From The Daily Beast

Was the calculator created only to pump up sales of the already multi-billion-dollar statin market?

From The Daily Beast

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs routinely reach blockbuster status, selling more than $1 billion a year.

From The Daily Beast

People with high cholesterol try statin after statin before finding the one that will work—if they ever do.

From The Daily Beast

Three or four times he seems to be just on the point of statin' it to me but never can quite get a start.

From Project Gutenberg

He's in the house, an' wants you to answer Mrs. Fogarty, statin' feder you'll take a month's larnin' on the flure or not.

From Project Gutenberg

Meanwhile Miss Leroy gets around to statin' the real reason why we're bein' honored.

From Project Gutenberg

I wuz only statin' the solemn facts and truth of the matter.

From Project Gutenberg

I'd want references from the folks he'd worked for, statin' that he was honest and capable and all that.

From Project Gutenberg