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thalidomide babies

thalidomide babies is the plural of thalidomide baby.

Meaning of thalidomide baby

Noun

thalidomide baby (plural thalidomide babies)

  1. A baby born with phocomelia after its mother had been administered thalidomide while pregnant, this having teratogenic effects on the developing foetus.

Questions about thalidomide babies

What is thalidomide babies the plural of?
Thalidomide babies is the plural of thalidomide baby.

Words near thalidomide babies in the dictionary

  1. thalictrine
  2. thalictrum
  3. thalictrums
  4. thalidastine
  5. thalidomide
  6. thalidomide babies
  7. thalidomide baby
  8. thalidomide child
  9. thalidomide children
  10. thalidomides
  11. thalience

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