thalidomide
Meaning of thalidomide
noun
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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
Information about thalidomide
- It is a name.
- The plural form of thalidomide is: thalidomides.
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Hyphenation of thalidomide
thalido-mide
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- thalidomide is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
thalidomide synonyms
Meaning :
C, H, N, O, di, isoindole, one, oxo, piperidin
Words that rhyme with thalidomide
Mide, mide, Azodicarbonamide, Blephamide, Cetamide, Chealamide, Diamide, Flurfamide, Formetamide, Furamide, Glucamide, Laramide, Polyacrylamide, Predamide, Sulfamide, Tebamide, Tryparsamide, acetamide, acetazolamide, acetbromamide, acetohexamide, acetoxyfluorenylacetamide, acetsalicylamide, acetylacetamide, acetylalaninamide, acetylbenzenesulfonamide, acetylcysteinamide, acetylenedicarboxamide, acetylglycinamide, acetylleucylprolinamide, acetyllysinamide, acetylornithinamide, acetylphenylalanylglycinamide, acetylphenyloxooxazolidinylmethylacetamide, acetylprocainamide, acetylprolinamide, acetylrocaglamide, acetylsulfanylamide, acetylsulfonamide, acetyltryptophanamide, achillamide, aciculitamide, acridineacetamide, acridinecarboxamide, acrylamide, acrylothiamide, acryloxybutyramide, acryloxyhexanamide, adamantanecarboxamide, adamantanedicarboxamide