Drug That Reduces Cholesterol

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Paris, Group 249, Puzzle 3 (Centre Pompidou).

Question is: Drug That Reduces Cholesterol

and the answer is: STATIN

Word Meaning:

STATIN — (pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.

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