finasteride

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finasteride

/fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/

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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.

noun

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

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noun drug

Português	finasterida
Français	finastéride
Русский	финастери́д finasteríd

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"finasteride." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/finasteride. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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finasteride. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/finasteride

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"finasteride." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/finasteride.

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@misc{finasteride_2026,
  title = {finasteride},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/finasteride},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}