Phenacetin \Phe*nac"e*tin\, Phenacetine \Phe*nac"e*tine\, n.
[Phenyl + acetic + -in.] (Pharm.)
A white, crystalline compound, {C10H13O2N}, used in medicine
principally as an antipyretic.
phenacetin
n : a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also
as an antipyretic [syn: {acetophenetidin}, {acetphenetidin}]