thalidomide

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English

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Etymology

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From (ph)thal(ic acid) + (im)ido + (i)mide.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd/

Noun

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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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
    • 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
      I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
    • 2001, “Left Behind”, performed by Slipknot:
      I can't stand to see your thalidomide robot face

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French

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Noun

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thalidomide f (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) thalidomide

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