finasteride
See also: finastéride
English edit
Etymology edit
From [Term?] + -steride (“testosterone reductase inhibitor”). First use appears c. 1989 in the publication Pharmaceutical Business News.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
finasteride (uncountable)
- (pharmacology) A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.
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References edit
- finasteride on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “finasteride”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “finasteride”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.