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Mevacor

Mevacor

1 8.0
A medicine a doctor prescribes that you take by mouth to lower blood cholesterol
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛvəkɔr/
  • Specialized
translation icon : Mevacor
  • After trying dietary changes with no success, she started taking Mevacor to manage her cholesterol.
  • Mevacor, a cholesterol-lowering drug
  • Mevacor, a cholesterol-lowering

Examples

  • 272 Merck has succeeded in the past with natural product drug development; however, the multimillion-dollar cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor, for example, is derived from a microbial extract from soil.

    Academic text (1997)

  • A doctor prescribed Mevacor to help lower my cholesterol when diet changes were ineffective.

  • Patients often take Mevacor as part of their treatment plan against high cholesterol levels.

Synonyms

Lipitor
vsMevacor
  • Specialized
8 4.1

A medicine taken by mouth that lowers cholesterol and fats in the blood

focuses on lowering cholesterol rather than triglycerides
Zocor
vsMevacor
  • Specialized
1 7.3

A medicine you take to lower cholesterol, often after a heart attack

is used when diet changes fail rather than specifically after heart attacks
lovastatin
vsMevacor
  • Specialized
1 7.8

A medicine taken by mouth to lower blood cholesterol when diet does not help

is the commercial brand form of that same substance
lipid-lowering medicine
vsMevacor
  • Specialized
3.5

A medicine that lowers cholesterol in the blood

is the specific branded prescription product rather than the general class

Surface Forms

Mevacor singular
Mevacors plural

Etymology

The word Mevacor is a brand name for a medicine taken to lower blood cholesterol. A helpful way to remember it is to see the first part Meva as an invented sound and the ending -cor like the Latin word 'cor' meaning 'heart', so the name suggests heart health.