(pharmacology) 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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

plural of thalidomide

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

Synonym of thalidomide baby

plural of thalidomide baby

plural of thalidomide child