transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlō-və-ˌsta-t ə n, ˈlə-; ˌlō-və-ˈ, ˌlə- ]
noun
Etymology: probably from International Scientific Vocabulary meva lo nic acid, a carboxylic acid, C 6 H 12 O 4 (from me thyl + val eric + -onic — as in gluconic acid ) + me vastatin , a fungal metabolite structurally similar to lovastatin, from meva lonic + -stat + -in (I)
Date: 1987
: a drug C 24 H 36 O 8 that decreases the level of cholesterol in the bloodstream