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Mevacor

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-005337

A drug used to lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood. It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer. Mevacor is a type of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin). Also called lovastatin.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-005337
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymslovastatin
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-005337",
  "term": "Mevacor",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A drug used to lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood. It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer. Mevacor is a type of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin). Also called lovastatin.",
  "synonyms": [
    "lovastatin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/mevacor/"
}

Record 10,978 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.