Antiemetic vs Thalidomide - What's the difference?

antiemetic | thalidomide |


As nouns the difference between antiemetic and thalidomide

is that antiemetic is (medicine) a drug that combats nausea and vomiting while thalidomide is (pharmaceutical drug) oxopiperidin-3-yl)-1h-isoindole-1,3(2h)dione — c13h10n2[[oxygen|o4 — a drug that was sold during the late 1950s and 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but was withdrawn after being proven to cause severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

As an adjective antiemetic

is that combats nausea and vomiting.

antiemetic

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That combats nausea and vomiting

    • Antonyms

    * emetic

    Noun

    (wikipedia antiemetic) (en noun)
  • (medicine) A drug that combats nausea and vomiting

    • Antonyms

    * emetic

    thalidomide

    English

    (wikipedia thalidomide)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) oxopiperidin-3-yl)-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)dione — C13H10N2[[oxygen, O4 — A drug that was sold during the late 1950s and 1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but was withdrawn after being proven to cause severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

    • Derived terms

    * thalidomide baby ----