Useful english dictionary. 2012.
lipid-lowering medication — noun a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG CoA reductase • Syn: ↑lipid lowering medicine, ↑statin drug, ↑statin • Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug … Useful english dictionary
Lipid hypothesis — The lipid hypothesis was one of two hypotheses (the other being the chronic endothelial injury hypothesis) developed in the 1850s to explain the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. It proposes a connection between plasma cholesterol level and the… … Wikipedia
Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… … Medical dictionary
simvastatin — A potent HMG CoA reductase (the rate limiting enzyme for cholesterol biosynthesis) inhibitor. Used for the treatment of hyperlipidemia; similar to lovastatin. * * * sim·va·stat·in sim və .stat ən, .sim və stat … Medical dictionary
aluminum — A white silvery metal of very light weight; atomic no. 13, atomic wt. 26.981539. Many salts and compounds are used in medicine and dentistry. [L. alumen, alum] a. acetate used as a disinfectant by embalmers; proposed as … Medical dictionary
ALL — Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also called acute lymphocytic leukemia, an acute rapidly progressive form of leukemia characterized by the presence in the blood and bone marrow of large numbers of unusually young (immature) white blood cells… … Medical dictionary
ALLHAT — Antihypertensive and Lipid Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial … Medical dictionary
LLA — left lung apex; limulus lysate assay; lipid lowering agent … Medical dictionary
LLD — left lateral decubitus [muscle]; leg length discrepancy; limb length discrepancy; lipid lowering drug; long lasting depolarization; lower limit of detectability … Medical dictionary
PHYLLIS — Plaque Hypertension Lipid Lowering Italian Study … Medical dictionary
