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Definition of Acetanilide

1. Noun. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.

Definition of Acetanilide

1. n. A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine.

Definition of Acetanilide

1. Noun. (organic chemistry pharmaceutical drug) The amide derived from acetic acid and aniline; once used medicinally as an analgesic and antipyretic. ¹

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Definition of Acetanilide

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Medical Definition of Acetanilide

1. A compound of aniline with acetyl, N-phenylacetamide. Used as a precursor of many drugs, dyes and other compounds in chemical synthesis; formerly used as analgesic and antipyretic, but often causes lethal methemoglobinaemia. Synonym: acetylaniline, acetylaminobenzene, antifebrine. (25 Jun 1999)

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Literary usage of Acetanilide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of therapeutics: Referring Especially to the Products of the by Davis & Company Parke, Parke, Davis & Company (1909)
"acetanilide, 5 grs. Oil Gaultheria, qs acetanilide Compound, ... acetanilide and Caffeine Compound (CT 353) ; dose, 1 to 2 Sodium bromide, 5 grs. ..."

2. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"All HC CH acetanilide solutions are neutral. Heated to boiling with \/ . potassium hydroxide solution (I) and also with fuming ^ hydrochloric acid (II), ..."

3. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge (1914)
"acetanilide crystallises in colourless glistening plates which dissolve in 230 parts of cold and in about 22 parts of boiling water, in 3-5 parts of alcohol ..."

4. Transactions of the American Pediatric Society by American Pediatric Society (1897)
"In 1893 Dr. Harrel,1 of Seattle, published an article setting forth the value of acetanilide as an antiseptic. He found it especially useful in treating the ..."

5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"As the proportion of acetanilide increases, however, ... container for eventual use later, along with additional filtrate, for the recover)' of acetanilide. ..."

6. The Detection of Poisons and Strong Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1905)
"All acetanilide solutions are neutral. Heated to boiling with potassium hydroxide solution, ... acetanilide may be recognized by the following tests: 1. ..."

7. Transactions of the American Therapeutic Society by American Therapeutic Society, Albert Ernest Gallant, Peter Brynberg Porter (1911)
"If we stop, however, to consider the large number of secret nostrums on the market containing as their chief ingredient acetanilide which are dispensed ..."

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