Phenacetin

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phenacetin \Phe*nac"e*tin\, Phenacetine \Phe*nac"e*tine\, n.
     [Phenyl + acetic + -in.] (Pharm.)
     A white, crystalline compound, {C10H13O2N}, once used in
     medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used
     because of serious side effects.
  


     Syn: N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide, p-acetophenetidide,
          p-ethoxyacetanilide, acetophenetidin,
          para-acetphenetidin, p-acetophenetide.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  phenacetin
       n : a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also
           as an antipyretic [syn: {acetophenetidin}, {acetphenetidin}]