English Explanatory Dictionary

finasteride

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.

Pronunciation

/fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-finasteride.wav

Word forms

finasteride

Etymology

From fina (“possibly a coined pharmaceutical name developed by scientists at Merck”) + -steride (“a testosterone reductase inhibitor”). First use appears c. 1989 in the publication Pharmaceutical Business News.

Synonyms

fina

Related words

post-finasteride syndrome
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