atorvastatin

== English == === Etymology === From ator- +‎ -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”). The prefix probably from Spanish atorar (“to clog”), wherein the verb suffix -ar was taken off. Thus, the role is "to inhibit the clogging (of cholesterol)". === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /əˌtɔːvəˈstætɪn/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈtɔːɹvəˌstætɪn/, /əˌtɔːɹvəˈstætɪn/ === Noun === atorvastatin (usually uncountable, plural atorvastatins) (pharmacology) A statin used to lower the level of cholesterol in the blood. Trade names include Lipitor among others. == Indonesian == === Etymology === Internationalism, borrowed from English atorvastatin. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /atorvasˈtatin/ [a.t̪or.fasˈt̪a.t̪ɪn] Rhymes: -atin Syllabification: a‧tor‧vas‧ta‧tin === Noun === atorvastatin (plural atorvastatin-atorvastatin) (pharmacology) atorvastatin === Further reading === “atorvastatin”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016