acetanilide

noun

ac·​et·​an·​i·​lide ˌa-sə-ˈta-nə-ˌlīd 

-ləd

variants or acetanilid

: a white crystalline compound C₈H₉NO that is derived from aniline and acetic acid and is used especially to relieve pain or fever

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French acétanilide, from acét- acet- + anilide "an amide in which hydrogen of the amido group is replaced by phenyl," from aniline aniline + -ide (in amide amide)

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

acetanilide

noun

ac·​et·​an·​i·​lide

variants or acetanilid

ˌas-ə-ˈtan-ᵊl-ˌīd  -ᵊl-əd 

: a white crystalline compound C₈H₉NO that is derived from aniline and acetic acid and is used especially to relieve pain or fever

called also phenylacetamide