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Biopsy (health) and thalidomide (iou)


Biopsy (health)


Surgical removal of a piece of tissue from a person for microscopic examination to make a diagnosis (eg to determine whether abnormal cells such as cancer cells are present).





thalidomide (iou)



thalidomide noun. M20.
[from PH)THAL(IC + IM)IDO- + I)MIDE, elems. of the systematic name.]
Pharmacology. A non-barbiturate sedative and hypnotic, C13H10N2O4, which was found to be teratogenic when taken early in Pregnancy, sometimes causing malformation or absence of limbs in the foetus.
Comb.: thalidomide baby, thalidomide child, etc.: with a congenital abnormality due to the effects of thalidomide.