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thalidomide
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thalidomide /tha·lid·o·mide/ (thah-lid´o-mid) a sedative and hypnotic, commonly used in Europe in the early 1960's, and discovered to cause serious congenital anomalies in the fetus, notably amelia and phocomelia, when taken during early pregnancy; now used in the treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum.
tha·lid·o·mide (th-ld-md)
n.
A sedative and hypnotic drug that was withdrawn from sale after it was found to cause severe birth defects when taken during pregnancy.
thalidomide
a sedative and hypnotic compound whose use during early pregnancy in women was frequently followed by the birth of infants with phocomelia.
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