thalidomide

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

Synonyms

 * (RS)-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)dione &mdash; C13H10N2O4

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 反應停
 * Esperanto: talidomido
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Thalidomid,
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: