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Answer for the clue "Drug given to reduce blood cholesterol ", 6 letters:
statin

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n. (context pharmaceutical drug English) 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.

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n. a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase [syn: lipid-lowering medicine , lipid-lowering medication , statin drug ]