- C10H13O2N
- Phenacetin Phe*nac"e*tin, Phenacetine Phe*nac"e*tine, n.
[Phenyl + acetic + -in.] (Pharm.)
A white, crystalline compound, {C10H13O2N}, once used in
medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used
because of serious side effects.
Syn: N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide, p-acetophenetidide, p-ethoxyacetanilide, acetophenetidin, para-acetphenetidin, p-acetophenetide. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.