phenacetin

noun

An acetyl derivative of amidophenol, occurring in small tasteless colorless crystals but slightly soluble in water, antalgesic and antipyretic.

noun

A white, crystalline compound, C10H13O2N, once used in medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used because of serious side effects.

noun

Any of a class of analgesic and antipyretic drugs derived from acetanilide.

noun

a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic