panadol

English

Etymology

From the trademark Panadol.

Noun

panadol (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) paracetamol; acetaminophen.
   • 1988, Atabo Oko, The secret of the Sheik:

     I decided not to tell him this because I felt there was nothing wrong if I got some panadol or novalgin from the hospital.

   • 1995, Peter Gibbon, Structural adjustment and the working poor in Zimbabwe, page 268:

     We often have no panadol, no bandages. Only one nurse said she had noticed an improvement in drug supply since mid-1993.

   • 2002, Jane Alison Kaberuka, Has God forgotten me?: the cry of an accident victim, page 6:

     When I rang my doctor, he said, "Take some panadol and see me in the morning." When I told him that I had no panadol or any other type of painkillers in the house he was surprised.

   • 2002, Siosiane Fanua Bloomfield, Illness and cure in Tonga: traditional and modern medical practice, page 57:

     Sulphadimidine tablets are often taken by people in the same manner as aspirin or panadol.

Anagrams

• dalapon