LOVASTATIN

noun Etymology: probably from International Scientific Vocabulary mevalonic acid, a carboxylic acid, C6H12O4 (from methyl + valeric + -onic — as in gluconic acid) + mevastatin, a fungal metabolite structurally similar to ~, from mevalonic + -stat + 1-in Date: 1987 a drug C 24 H 36 O 8 that decreases the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream