statin drug vs medicine

medicine vs statin drug

statin drug and medicine both are nouns.

statin drug is not a verb while medicine is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
statin drug	Yes	No	No	No
medicine	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, medicine is a hypernym of statin drug; that is, medicine is a word with a broader meaning than statin drug:

statin drug: a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase
medicine: (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease

Other hypernyms of statin drug include medicament, medication, medicinal drug.

statin drug (noun)	medicine (noun)
a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
	punishment for one's actions
	(medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
	the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques

statin drug (verb)	medicine (verb)
	treat medicinally, treat with medicine

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