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7.Human Health and Disease
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Thalidomide is a non-barbiturate sedative drug which was to be given to pregnant women. Its use was withdrawn in $1961$ because it resulted in phocomelia. This condition illustrates
A
Early abortion of foetus
B
Poor development of foetus
C
Malformation of foetus
D
Erythroblastosis foetalis
(AIPMT-1988)
Solution
(c) Phocomelia is the congenital absence of the proximal portion of a limb or limbs, the hands or feet being attached to the trunk by a small irregularly-shaped bone.
Standard 12
Biology