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phenacetin

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phenacetin /phe·nac·e·tin/ (fĕ-nas´ĕ-tin) an analgesic and antipyretic, whose major metabolite is acetaminophen, now little used because of its toxicity.
phenacetin
[fənas′itin]
an analgesic no longer marketed because of its carcinogenic properties. Also called acetophenetidin.
phenacetin
see acetophenetidin.
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