"finasteride" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-NaomiAmethyst-finasteride.wav
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. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fina|-steride|t1=possibly a coined pharmaceutical name developed by scientists at Merck|t2=a testosterone reductase inhibitor}} fina (“possibly a coined pharmaceutical name developed by scientists at Merck”) + -steride (“a testosterone reductase inhibitor”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} finasteride (uncountable)
  1. (pharmacology) A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: fina Related terms: post-finasteride syndrome Coordinate_terms: dutasteride Translations (drug): finasteridi (Finnish), finastéride (French), финастери́д (finasteríd) [masculine] (Russian)

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