"-statin" meaning in English

See -statin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -statin, {{en-suffix}} -statin
  1. Used to form the names of statin drugs Tags: morpheme
  2. Used to form the names of inhibiting hormones. e.g. somatostatin Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--statin-en-suffix-2g1o9Zfa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "word": "lovastatin"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "word": "mevastatin"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "word": "neocarzinostatin"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "word": "rosuvastatin"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "word": "simvastatin"
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          "word": "somatostatin"
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