Rogaine

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A session of the sport of rogaining.
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A brand of hair product containing minoxidil for the treatment of male-pattern hair loss.

    "When I go back to New York, some of my friends seem to be layered with drugs, from the top down, like a pousse-café: Rogaine on top, then Prozac, then Xanax, then Viagra. . . ."

Synonyms

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lonitenminoxidil

Example

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"When bald men taking the blood pressure medication minoxidil grew hair, the drug was repurposed as the blockbuster hair-growth product Rogaine."

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