thalidomide
/θəˈlɪdəˌmaɪd/noun
noun mass
- a drug formerly used as a sedative, but withdrawn in the UK in the early 1960s after it was found to cause congenital malformation or absence of limbs in children whose mothers took the drug during early pregnancy萨立多胺, 酞胺哌啶酮, 酞咪哌啶酮, 酞谷酰亚胺, 反应停。
词源
1950s: from （ph）thal（ic acid） + （im）ido + （i）-mide.