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thalidomide

Learn how to correctly hyphenate "thalidomide" with detailed syllable breakdown and pronunciation guide.

2 syllables

11 characters

English (US)

Fig. 1 — . The composing stick. “thalidomide” is set in lead; each gap is a place it may break.

2syllables

thalidomide

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thalidomide is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, thalidomide is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofthalidomide

1noun

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1960s as a sleeping aid, and to pregnant women as an antiemetic to combat morning sickness and other symptoms, but withdrawn as causing severe birth defects, such as phocomelia; currently used to treat leprosy.

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thalesian thalessa thalia thaliacea thaliacean thalian thaliard thalictrum

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thall-thalli thallic thalliferous thalliform thallin thalline thallious

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