Etymology
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Shortening of the chemical name para-acetylaminophenol. By surface analysis, acet- + amino- + -phen.
Pronunciation
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acetaminophen (plural acetaminophens)
- (Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
1997, “The Druggist”, Joel Mabus (music):
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Translations
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drug
- Catalan: paracetamol (ca) m, acetaminofèn m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 對乙酰氨基酚/对乙酰氨基酚 (deoi3 jyut3 sin1 on1 gei1 fan1)
- Mandarin: 撲熱息痛/扑热息痛 (pūrèxītòng, pūrèxítòng), 對乙酰氨基酚/对乙酰氨基酚 (zh) (duìyǐxiān'ānjīfēn) (Mainland), 乙醯胺酚 (yǐxī'ānfēn) (Taiwan)
- Czech: paracetamol (cs) m
- Dutch: paracetamol (nl) m, calpol m (Suriname)
- Finnish: parasetamoli (fi)
- French: paracétamol (fr) m, acétaminophène (fr) m
- German: Paracetamol (de) n
- Indonesian: parasetamol (id)
- Italian: paracetamolo (it) m
- Japanese: アセトアミノフェン (asetoaminofen), パラセタモール (parasetamōru)
- Khmer: ប៉ារ៉ា (paaraa)
- Korean: 아세트아미노펜 (aseteuaminopen)
- Macedonian: парацетамо́л m (paracetamól)
- Malay: parasetamol
- Polish: acetaminofen m, paracetamol (pl) m, tylenol (pl) m, apap m
- Portuguese: paracetamol (pt) m
- Romanian: paracetamol (ro) n
- Russian: парацетамо́л (ru) m (paracetamól)
- Spanish: paracetamol m
- Swedish: paracetamol (sv)
- Thai: พาราเซตามอล (paa-raa-see-dtaa-mɔ̂n)
- Turkish: parasetamol
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