thalidomide
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thalidomide (countable and uncountable, plural thalidomides)
- (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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
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drug
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thalidomide f (uncountable)
Further reading
- “thalidomide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.