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thalidomides

thalidomides is the plural 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 thalidomides

What is thalidomides the plural of?
Thalidomides is the plural of thalidomide.

Words near thalidomides in the dictionary

  1. thalidomide
  2. thalidomide babies
  3. thalidomide baby
  4. thalidomide child
  5. thalidomide children
  6. thalidomides
  7. thalience
  8. thalifendine
  9. thalipeeth
  10. thalipeeths
  11. thaliporphine

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