Definition of "acetaminophen" []

A crystalline compound, C8H9NO2, used in medicine to relieve pain and reduce fever. (noun)

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Use "acetaminophen" in a sentence

"Leading company news, 11 million bottles of private-label acetaminophen sold by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 100 other retailers are being recalled."
"And if you take that multi-symptom cold medication not sort of understanding that it has this big dose of acetaminophen, which is, you know, the active agreement in Tylenol and other products, and you take a Tylenol or some other acetaminophen-containing pill, you can actually risk overdose, and that can put your liver in trouble."
"It's actually the Tylenol, the acetaminophen, that is complexed with many of the over-the-counter sleeping medication that would be terribly dangerous."

Words like "acetaminophen"

analgesic anodyne datril

n-(4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide

n-acetyl-p-aminophenol

p-acetamidophenol

p-hydroxyacetanilide

pain pill painkiller

paracetamol

tylenol