acetaminophen

English

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

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

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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