Thalidomide is an infamous teratogen. Women can be exposed to this substance while trying to control nausea during pregnancy. Thalidomide was given (mostly in the late fifties) as a medication to control the nausea (it was removed from the market in 1961). Thalidomide causes severe malformation risks to a developing fetus.
adjective. The definition of naive is being immature, unaware or overly trusting. An example of naive is someone who believes that the moon is made of cheese because their mother said it was.
Word Root of NAIVE. The Latin word nÄscÄ«, meaning â to be born, â and its form nÄtus give us the roots nat and nai. Words from the Latin nÄscÄ« have something to do with being born. When someone is nat ive to a particular place, she or he was born there.A nat ion, or country, is a place where people are born. having or showing a lack of experience or knowledge: innocent or simple.