"thalidomide" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd/ Forms: thalidomides [plural]
Etymology: From (ph)thal(ic acid) + (im)ido + (i)mide. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} thalidomide (countable and uncountable, plural thalidomides)
  1. (pharmacology) A drug sold during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy. Wikipedia link: thalidomide Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs Synonyms: --(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1H-isoindole-1 (alt: RS), 3(2H)dione — C13H10N2O4, phthalidomide Hypernyms: teratogen Derived forms: flid, thalidomide baby, thalidomide child Translations (drug): 反應停 (Chinese Mandarin), 反应停 (Chinese Mandarin), talidomido (Esperanto), talidomidi (Finnish), thalidomide (French), Thalidomid (German), Contergan [neuter] (German), θαλιδομίδη (thalidomídi) [feminine] (Greek), talidomida [feminine] (Portuguese), талидоми́д (talidomíd) [masculine] (Russian)

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