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phthalidomide

phthalidomide is the alternative form of thalidomide.

Meaning of thalidomide

Noun

thalidomide (countable and uncountable, plural thalidomides)

  1. An immunomodulatory drug used to treat a number of cancers and skin disorders, historically promoted as a sedative and medication for morning sickness.
    • 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.1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194

Questions about phthalidomide

What is phthalidomide the alternative form of?
Phthalidomide is the alternative form of thalidomide.

Words near phthalidomide in the dictionary

  1. phthalic acids
  2. phthalic anhydride
  3. phthalid
  4. phthalide
  5. phthalides
  6. phthalidomide
  7. phthalids
  8. phthalimide
  9. phthalimides
  10. phthalimidine
  11. phthalimidines

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