(from the article `acetaminophen`) drug used in the treatment of mild pain, such as headache and pain in joints and muscles, and to reduce fever. It is formed in the body as a ... ...sweetener saccharin was introduced. In 1886 acetanilide, the first analgesic-antipyretic drug (relieving pain and fever), was introduced, but ... The co...
Synonym for phenacetin ... <chemical> A non-prostaglandin synthase inhibitor. It was utilised extensively in a wide variety of analgesic mixtures, but its causal role in analgesic-abuse nephropathy led to its withdrawal from the market. ... Chemical name: Acetamide, N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)- ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
[n] - a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
acetphenetidin noun a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
phenacetin.