tha・lid・o・mideの英語

別の表記

• phthalidomide

語源

From (ph)thal(ic acid) + (im)ido + (i)mide.

発音

• IPA: /θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd/

名詞

thalidomide (countable and uncountable, plural thalidomides)

1. (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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.
   • 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:

     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.

   • 2001, “Left Behind”, in Corey Taylor (lyrics), Iowa, performed by Slipknot, Los Angeles, California:

     I can't stand to see your thalidomide robot face

同意語

• (RS)-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)dione — C₁₃H₁₀N₂O₄

上位語

• teratogen

派生語

• flid
• pseudothalidomide syndrome
• thalidomide baby
• thalidomide child