acetaminophen

English

Etymology

Shortening of the chemical name para-acetylaminophenol. By surface analysis, acet- +‎ amino- +‎ -phen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌsitəˈmɪnəfən/

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Noun

acetaminophen (plural acetaminophens)

1. (Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
   • 1997, “The Druggist”, Joel Mabus (music):

     You need to take acetaminophen / Or just a little aspirin / acetylsalicylic for the pain

Synonyms

• paracetamol (UK)
• para-acetylaminophenol
• tylenol

Derived terms

• acetaminosalol

Translations

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: acetaminofén m paracetamol (es) m
• Swedish: paracetamol (sv)
• Thai: พาราเซตามอล (paa-raa-see-dtaa-mɔ̂n)
• Turkish: parasetamol