simvastatin

IPA/ˌsɪm.vəˈstæt.ɪn/
IPA/ˌsɪm.vəˈstæt.ɪn/

simvastatin — 名詞

1. a medicine taken by mouth that brings down cholesterol, a fatty substance found

1.名詞
釋義

辛伐他汀

用來降低血中膽固醇的藥物

a medicine taken by mouth that brings down cholesterol, a fatty substance found in your blood; doctors give it to people whose cholesterol is too high, including some who have had a heart attack.

例句

After the blood test, the doctor prescribed simvastatin to lower Gabriel's cholesterol.

驗血之後,醫生開了辛伐他汀,來降低 Gabriel 的膽固醇。

prescribe simvastatin to lower cholesterol

Ada swallows her simvastatin with a glass of water every evening.

Ada 每天傍晚都用一杯水吞下她的辛伐他汀。

take / swallow simvastatin: used without 'a' or a plural

常見搭配
  • take simvastatin
  • prescribe simvastatin
  • simvastatin tablet
  • simvastatin to lower cholesterol
同義詞
  • Zocor

    a trade name for this same medicine

  • statin

    the wider group of cholesterol-lowering drugs that simvastatin belongs to

用法筆記

Uncountable: it is used without 'a' or 'an' and has no plural form, so you say 'take simvastatin', not 'take a simvastatin'.

常見錯誤

I drink simvastatin every morning.
I take simvastatin every morning.
medicines are taken, not drunk.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • simvastatin tablet

常用片語

  • take simvastatin
  • prescribe simvastatin