noun
- Plural of clofibrate; a class of medications used to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood.
Usage: medical/pharmaceutical; typically used in clinical or scientific contexts
Examples
- The doctor prescribed clofibrates to help manage the patient's high triglyceride levels.
- Clofibrates are part of a group of drugs known as fibric acid derivatives.
- Several clofibrates have been developed since the 1970s to treat dyslipidemia.
- The patient's lipid panel improved after starting clofibrates therapy.