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acetaminophen
The Collaborative International Dictionary
acetaminophen \acetaminophen\ n. 1. a white crystalline compound ( HO.C6H4.NH.CO.CH3) used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 151.16. It is the active ingredient in the commercial analgesics Tylenol and Datril.
Syn: p-hydroxyacetanilide, p-acetamidophenol, N-acetyl-p-aminophenol, paracetamol, N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide
Note: It is sold under many trade names, and has been one of the most popular analgesics in the late 20th century. It is used in place of aspirin by people in whom aspirin causes undesirable side effects, such as stomach irritation or stomach bleeding.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
U.S. name for "para-acetylaminophenol," 1960, composed of syllables from the chemical name; in Britain, the same substance is paracetamol.
Wiktionary
n. (context US English) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
WordNet
n. an analgesic for mild pain; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril and Tylenol and Panadol and Phenaphen and Tempra and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) [syn: Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, Anacin III]
Wikipedia
- redirect Paracetamol
Usage examples of "acetaminophen".
I highly recommend codeine and acetaminophen for putting your cares behind you.
And of course they do not tell us of the more than a thousand deaths each year in the United States from the use of aspirin, or the apparent 5,000 annual cases of kidney failure from the use of acetaminophen, of which the best-selling brand is Tylenol.
I zoomed up to Safeway and got some Acetaminophen suppositories, to lower the temperature.
We continued with the morphine solution, and gave her more Acetaminophen at bedtime.
We kept up with the morphine, and I gave her a little Acetaminophen to ease her temperature.
I suggested that people ignore the Panadol ads because they could buy store-brand acetaminophen for half as much.
If such an agent as PV existed and were used, the only pain killers left would be peripherally active agents such as aspirin, acetaminophen, phenylbutazone, indomethacin, et cetera.