n. Any of a class of analgesic and antipyretic drugs derived from acetanilide.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, once used in medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used because of serious side effects.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. An acetyl derivative of amidophenol, occurring in small tasteless colorless crystals but slightly soluble in water, antalgesic and antipyretic.
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n. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
Word Usage
"There are various methods of treatment -- with him they fought it with a drug called phenacetin, and to the lay mind a wonderful drug it appears."