thalidomide

• phthalidomide

• IPA^(key): /θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd/

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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

• (RS)-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)dione — C₁₃H₁₀N₂O₄

• teratogen

• flid
• thalidomide baby
• thalidomide child

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thalidomide f (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) thalidomide

• “thalidomide” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).