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Acetaminophen

//əˌsitəˈmɪnəfən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever. Canada, US

    "You need to take acetaminophen / Or just a little aspirin / acetylsalicylic for the pain"

  2. 2
    an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets) wordnet

Etymology

Shortening of the chemical name para-acetylaminophenol. By surface analysis, acet- + amino- + -phen.

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