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finasteride

/fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/

finasteride noun: a medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.

finasteride: a medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males
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Noun

finasteride (uncountable)

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

Synonyms of finasteride

Origin of finasteride

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.

Questions about finasteride

What does finasteride mean?
Finasteride means a medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.
What part of speech is finasteride?
Finasteride is a noun.
How do you pronounce finasteride?
Finasteride is pronounced /fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/.

Words near finasteride in the dictionary

  1. finanscapes
  2. finantial
  3. finaries
  4. finary
  5. Finas
  6. finasteride
  7. Finau
  8. finaunce
  9. finaunces
  10. Finaus
  11. Finazzo

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