acetanilide
noun
ac·et·an·i·lide ˌa-sə-ˈta-nə-ˌlīd 
-ləd
variants or acetanilid
: a white crystalline compound C8H9NO that is derived from aniline and acetic acid and is used especially to relieve pain or fever
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French acétanilide, from acét- acet- + anilide "an amide in which hydrogen of the amido group is replaced by phenyl," borrowed from French, from aniline aniline + -ide (in amide amide)
First Known Use
1855, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
acetanilide
noun
ac·et·an·i·lide
variants or acetanilid
ˌas-ə-ˈtan-ᵊl-ˌīd -ᵊl-əd
-ᵊl-əd : a white crystalline compound C8H9NO that is derived from aniline and acetic acid and is used especially to relieve pain or fever
called also phenylacetamide