Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun statin

1 sense of statin

Sense 1
lipid-lowering medicine, lipid-lowering medication, statin drug, statin -- (a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase)
       => medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug -- ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)