Associations to the word «Thalidomide»
Noun
Wiktionary
THALIDOMIDE, noun. (pharmaceutical drug) (RS)-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)dione — C13H10N2O4 — A drug that was sold during the late 1950s and 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but was withdrawn after being proven to cause severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
THALIDOMIDE BABY, noun. A baby born with phocomelia after its mother had been administered thalidomide while pregnant causing teratogenic effects on the developing foetus
Dictionary definition
THALIDOMIDE, noun. A sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.