thalidomide
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom (ph)thal(ic acid) + (im)ido + (i)mide.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editthalidomide (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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
- 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
Synonyms
editHypernyms
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editdrug
|
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editthalidomide f (uncountable)
Further reading
edit- “thalidomide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Categories:
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Pharmaceutical drugs
- English terms with quotations
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- fr:Pharmaceutical drugs