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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after discovered to cause severe birth defects because it inhibits angiogenesis; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

thalidomide
    n 1: a sedative and hypnotic drug; withdrawn from sale after
         discovered to cause severe birth defects because it
         inhibits angiogenesis