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.

• IPA^(key): /fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/

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finasteride (uncountable)

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

   Synonym: fina (clipping)

   Coordinate term: dutasteride

• “finasteride”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “finasteride”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• finasteride on Wikipedia.Wikipedia