acetaminophen

English

Etymology

Shortening of the chemical name para-acetylaminophenol.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˌsitəˈmɪnəfən/
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Noun

acetaminophen (plural acetaminophens)

(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
- 1997, Joel Mabus (music), “The Druggist”:
  You need to take acetaminophen / Or just a little aspirin / acetylsalicylic for the pain

Synonyms

Translations

drug

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撲熱息痛, 扑热息痛 (pūrèxītòng, pūrèxítòng), 對乙酰氨基酚 (zh), 对乙酰氨基酚 (duìyǐxiān'ānjīfēn) (Mainland), 乙醯胺酚 (yǐxī'ānfēn) (Taiwan)
Czech: paracetamol (cs) m
Dutch: paracetamol (nl) m
Finnish: parasetamoli (fi)
French: paracétamol (fr) m, acétaminophène (fr) m

Italian: paracetamolo (it) m
Portuguese: paracetamol m
Russian: парацетамо́л m (paracetamól)
Swedish: paracetamol
Thai: พาราเซตามอล (paa-raa-see-dtaa-mɔ̂n)

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