lipid-lowering medicine

lipid-lowering medicine
noun
a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
Hypernyms: ↑medicine, ↑medication, ↑medicament, ↑medicinal drug
Hyponyms:

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