acetaminophen

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acetaminophen

Etymology

Shortening of the chemical name para-acetylaminophenol. By surface analysis, acet- +‎ amino- +‎ -phenCategory:English terms prefixed with acet-#AMINO Category:English terms prefixed with amino-#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:English terms suffixed with -phenol#ACETAMINOPHEN.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˌsitəˈmɪnəfən/Category:English 6-syllable words#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#ACETAMINOPHEN
Audio (General American): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#ACETAMINOPHEN
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Noun

acetaminophen (plural acetaminophens)Category:English lemmas#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:English nouns#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:English countable nouns#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:English entries with incorrect language header#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:Pages with entries#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:Pages with 1 entry#ACETAMINOPHEN

(Canada, US Category:Canadian English#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:American English#ACETAMINOPHEN) 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
  Category:English terms with quotations#ACETAMINOPHEN
- 2025 March 28, Ella Jeffries, “This 17-Year-Old Scientist Is Making an Acetaminophen Alternative That Is Less Damaging to the Liver”, in Smithsonian Magazine‎, archived from the original on 30 March 2025:
  “I [have] actually witnessed a resident have to be taken to the emergency room because of acetaminophen toxicity,” Lee recalls. “I was pushed to find a solution because I wanted to help the residents who I volunteer for.”
  Category:English terms with quotations#ACETAMINOPHEN
- 2025 September 22, Azeen Ghorayshi, “Trump Issues Warning Based on Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 September 2025:
  Top U.S. health officials urged pregnant women not to use acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, claiming it could cause autism, though studies have been inconclusive.
  Category:English terms with quotations#ACETAMINOPHEN

Synonyms

Derived terms

acetaminosalol

Translations

drug

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Catalan: paracetamol (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, acetaminofèn mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Chinese:
Cantonese: 對乙酰氨基酚 / 对乙酰氨基酚 (deoi³ jyut³ sin¹ on¹ gei¹ fan¹)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#ACETAMINOPHEN

Mandarin: 撲熱息痛 / 扑热息痛 (zh) (pūrèxītòng, pūrèxítòng)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, 對乙酰氨基酚 / 对乙酰氨基酚 (zh) (duìyǐxiān'ānjīfēn)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ACETAMINOPHEN (Mainland), 乙醯胺酚 (zh) (yǐxī'ānfēn)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#ACETAMINOPHEN (Taiwan)
Czech: paracetamol (cs) mCategory:Terms with Czech translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Dutch: paracetamol (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, calpol mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#ACETAMINOPHEN (Suriname)
Finnish: parasetamoli (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
French: paracétamol (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, acétaminophène (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
German: Paracetamol (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Indonesian: parasetamol (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, asetaminofenCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Italian: paracetamolo (it) mCategory:Terms with Italian translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Japanese: アセトアミノフェン (asetoaminofen)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, パラセタモール (parasetamōru)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Khmer: ប៉ារ៉ា (paaraa)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Korean: 아세트아미노펜 (aseteuaminopen)Category:Korean terms with redundant transliterations#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:Terms with Korean translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Macedonian: парацетамо́л m (paracetamól)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Malay: parasetamolCategory:Terms with Malay translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Polish: acetaminofen mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, paracetamol (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, tylenol (pl) mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN, apap mCategory:Terms with Polish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Portuguese: paracetamol (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Romanian: paracetamol (ro) nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Russian: парацетамо́л (ru) m (paracetamól)Category:Terms with Russian translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Spanish: acetaminofén mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN paracetamol (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Swedish: paracetamol (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Thai: พาราเซตามอล (paa-raa-see-dtaa-mɔ̂n)Category:Terms with Thai translations#ACETAMINOPHEN
Turkish: parasetamolCategory:Terms with Turkish translations#ACETAMINOPHEN

Category:en:Pain#ACETAMINOPHEN Category:en:Pharmaceutical drugs#ACETAMINOPHEN

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