Gujarati
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 Its use was withdrawn in $1961$ because it resulted in phocomelia.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

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