Meanings
nounfinasteride (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineA medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.
Synonyms: fina
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medication used to treat male pattern baldness and benign prostatic hyperplasia in males.
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Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish finasteridi
- finasterididrug
French finastéride
- finastéridedrug
Polish finasteryd
- finasteryddrug
Portuguese finasterida
- finasteridadrug
Russian финастери́д
- финастери́д (finasteríd)drug
Cite this entry
APA
finasteride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finasteride
MLA
“finasteride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finasteride. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finasteride,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finasteride.
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