Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
fi·nas·te·ride Pronunciation:
f&-'nas-t&-"rId Function:
noun : a nitrogenous steroid derivativeC
23H
36N
2O
2 that is used especially to treat symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and to increase hair growth in male-pattern baldness and that acts byinhibiting the enzymatic conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone —see
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