Associations to the word «Minoxidil»

Wiktionary

MINOXIDIL, noun. (pharmaceutical drug) A compound used orally as a vasodilator to treat hypertension and topically to reverse baldness.

Dictionary definition

MINOXIDIL, noun. A vasodilator (trade name Loniten) used to treat severe hypertension; one side effect is hirsutism so it is also sold (trade name Rogaine) as a treatment for male-patterned baldness.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats