thalidomide

thalidomide englannista suomeksi

1. talidomidi

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1. talidomidi

thalidomide englanniksi

1. A drug sold during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

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