Etymograph

English

fluvastatin

From flu(oro)- + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

Formed from fluoro- + -vastatin ‘HMG CoA reductase inhibitor’

Latin fluō ‘to flow, stream, pour’

Latin fluor ‘flow’

English fluoro-

Today it means

noun A drug of the statin class, used to treat hypercholesterolemia and to prevent cardiovascular disease.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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