thalidomide

• phthalidomide

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

• 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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
   • 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”, in Corey Taylor (lyrics), Iowa, performed by Slipknot, Los Angeles, California:

     I can't stand to see your thalidomide robot face

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

• teratogen

• flid
• pseudothalidomide syndrome
• thalidomide baby
• thalidomide child

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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thalidomide f (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) thalidomide

• “thalidomide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012