Acetanilide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A white crystalline compound, C6H5NH(COCH3), formerly used in medicine to relieve pain and reduce fever. It has been replaced by safer agents because of its toxicity.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The amide derived from acetic acid and aniline; once used medicinally as an analgesic and antipyretic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An amide formed from aniline and an acetyl group (C6H5.NH.CO.CH3); it is a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 135.16.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A substance, C6H5NH.C2H3O, formed by heating aniline and glacial acetic acid for several hours, or by the action of acetyl chlorid or acetic anhydrid on aniline.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    painkiller    pain pill    analgesic    anodyne   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    phenylacetamide    n-phenylacetamide    antifebrin    antifebrine    acetylaminobenzene   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anthraquinone    linolenate    halogenation    cresol    dinitrophenol   
     
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