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• Finastéride — Général DCI Finasteride Nom IUPAC N (1,1 diméthyléthyl) 3 oxo 4 aza 5 alpha a …   Wikipédia en Français

• Finasteride — Finasteride …   Wikipedia

• finasteride — n. a drug that causes shrinkage of the prostate gland. It is administered by mouth both to relieve the symptoms of urinary retention caused by an enlarged gland obstructing the outflow of urine from the bladder and to reduce the risk of urinary… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• finasteride — noun Etymology: fina (of unknown origin) + testosterone + amide Date: 1989 a nitrogenous steroid derivative C23H36N2O2 that is used especially to treat symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and to increase hair growth in male pattern baldness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• finasteride — Drug that inhibits 5 alpha reductase, the enzyme that converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone in the prostate. Used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatic carcinoma …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• finasteride — fi·nas·ter·ide (fə năsʹtə rīd ) n. A synthetic androgen inhibitor used primarily in men for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and androgenetic alopecia.   [fin (alteration of (al)ph(a reductase) in(hibitor)) + (az)aster(oid), steroid… …   Universalium

• finasteride — noun An antiandrogen pharmaceutical used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and androgenic alopecia …   Wiktionary

• finasteride — A competitive inhibitor of steroid 5α reductase, an intracellular enzyme that converts testosterone into 5α dihydrotestosterone, a potent androgen; used in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia; also used to …   Medical dictionary

• finasteride — pl.f. finasteridi …   Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

• finasteride — fi·nas·te·ride …   English syllables