THALIDOMIDE


Meaning of THALIDOMIDE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ θəlɪdəmaɪd ]

1.

Thalidomide is a drug which used to be given to pregnant women, before it was discovered that it resulted in babies being born with wrongly shaped arms and legs.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Thalidomide is used to describe someone whose arms and legs are wrongly shaped because their mother took thalidomide when she was pregnant.

...the special needs of thalidomide children.

ADJ : ADJ n

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