statin (plural statins)
(pharmaceutical drug) 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.
(endocrinology) An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
• Nittas, Titans, nittas, sattin, taints, tanist, tintas, titans
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23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
