acetphenetidin
- noun
- /ˌæsɛtˈfɛnɪtɪdɪn/
- Archaic
:
acetofenetidina
- The use of acetphenetidin has declined due to concerns over its safety.
Examples
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The doctor prescribed acetphenetidin for my headache.
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Researchers studied the metabolism of acetphenetidin in the human body.
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Pharmaceutical companies used to add acetphenetidin to various pain remedies.
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Many people used to take acetphenetidin for pain relief.
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Pharmaceutical companies used to add acetphenetidin to various pain remedies.
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The use of acetphenetidin has declined due to concerns over its safety.
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Many people used to take acetphenetidin for pain relief.
Synonyms
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4.1
A common pain medicine that reduces fever but not swelling
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9.9
A pain and fever medicine used in the past that can harm the kidneys
A white medicine once used to reduce pain and fever
A medicine once used to reduce fever and relieve pain
A white solid once used as a medicine to relieve pain and reduce fever
A white solid with no smell once used for pain and now made into dyes and rubber chemicals
Surface Forms
Morphology
acetphenetidin = acet + phenetidin
The word is a technical chemical name formed from combining forms (acet- + phenetidin) that are not productive standalone English words, so a typical learner cannot derive the drug meaning from the parts.
Etymology
Acetphenetidin is an older chemical name made of two parts: acet- meaning 'vinegar' or 'acid' and phenetidin which names the kind of chemical it comes from. So the name shows a chemical made by joining an 'acet' part to a 'phenetidin' part, and that is why it was used as a medicine to reduce pain and fever.