Contergan
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German
Etymology
Marketing name.
Pronunciation
Noun
Contergan n (strong, genitive Contergans, no plural)
- thalidomide
- 2015, Nicholas Eschenbruch, Viola Balz, Ulrike Klöppel, Marion Hulverscheidt, Arzneimittel des 20. Jahrhunderts: Historische Skizzen von Lebertran bis Contergan, transcript Verlag, →ISBN, page 256:
- Um die 5.000 Kinder kamen hier mit den typischen Contergan-Schädigungen zur Welt. Kaum betroffen waren dagegen Staaten wie die USA oder aber auch die DDR, in denen bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt Contergan nur wenig zum Einsatz gekommen war.
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Declension
Declension of Contergan
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Contergan” in Duden online
Contergan-Skandal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
