finasteride

See also: finastéride

English

Chemical structure of finasteride

Etymology

From [Term?] +‎ -steride (“testosterone reductase inhibitor”). First use appears c. 1989 in the publication Pharmaceutical Business News.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪˈnæ.stə.ɹaɪd/

Noun

finasteride (uncountable)

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

Related terms

• post-finasteride syndrome

Translations

drug

• Finnish: finasteridi
• French: finastéride (fr)

References

• 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.