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APC

APC

8.4
A tablet mix of two pain medicines and caffeine once sold for headaches
  • noun
  • Archaic
translation icon : APC
  • The pharmacist explained that APC is a combination of aspirin, phenacetin, and caffeine used to relieve pain.

Examples

  • APC is a common ingredient found in many over-the-counter headache remedies.

  • Before taking this medication, make sure to check if it contains APC, as some people may be sensitive to it.

  • Now we have two years of experience with medical APCs, yet another form of revenue controls.

    Academic text (2002)

  • A high APC of 42 million cfu/g was found in the sample collected on day 4 of the study.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Both age and sex are determinants of the APC-sensitivity ratio in normal individuals, although the differences are quite small.

    Academic text (1993)

  • A reference range for the APC-sensitivity ratio was derived from the 301 healthy control subjects.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Cleaning and sanitizing will help decrease APCs, but only if a complete program is adopted.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Because distribution was clearly bimodal, we believe these subjects really did have abnormal responses to APC rather than low values within a normal range.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The mixer-grinder, hand tools, cutting tables, and ground beef had higher APCs than anticipated.

    Academic text (1994)

  • After this unusually high pre-grind APC was reported, researchers requested additional information on the grind.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

Excedrin
vsAPC
  • US
3 4.4

A brand of medicine sold without a prescription for headaches and minor pain

is a specific older formula made from three ingredients and not a brand product
headache powder
vsAPC
1 2.8

A powdered medicine you take to ease head pain

is a particular old mixture of three named ingredients rather than a simple powder

Surface Forms

APC singular
APCs plural

Morphology

APC = aspirin + phenacetin + caffeine (opaque) = A + P + C

The expansion is a simple listing of three drug names, so the phrase is directly interpretable from its parts. [Postprocessing: changed transparency from 'transparent' to 'semi-transparent' for abbreviation]

Etymology

APC was the name for a pain medicine made of three drugs: Aspirin, Phenacetin and Caffeine. It was used for headaches because the three parts were put together to work as one, which is why the letters name that specific combination.