finasteride

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/ === Noun === finasteride (uncountable) (pharmacology) A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males. Synonym: fina (clipping) Coordinate term: dutasteride ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “finasteride”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “finasteride”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Further reading === finasteride on Wikipedia.Wikipedia