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finasteride

/fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.12 in modern English

Syllables
fi-nas-teride
IPA
/fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.

Uncountable

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.

Usage

Phrases

post-finasteride syndrome

Frequently Paired Words

post-finasteride syndrome dutasteride

Synonyms

fina

Questions

How do you pronounce finasteride?
The recorded pronunciation is /fɪnˈæs.təɹ.aɪd/.
What does finasteride mean?
A medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.
Where does finasteride come from?
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.

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