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acetaminophen

/uh-see-tuh-min-uh-fuhn, as-i-tuh-/US // əˌsi təˈmɪn ə fən, ˌæs ɪ tə- //

对乙酰氨基酚,对乙酰氨基苯酚,苯乙胺类药物,对乙胺基酚

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Pharmacology.

    • : a crystalline substance, C8H9NO2, used as a headache and pain reliever and to reduce fever.

Examples

  • I brought acetaminophen, because I know I get headaches when I’m hungry, and ibuprofen for muscle strains.

  • The liver also processes a large number of pharmaceutical drugs, such as acetaminophen.

  • When I went under the knife, I had to make do with acetaminophen, which just isn’t suitable for durable pain relief—and does nothing for the inflammation that follows surgically injured tissue.

  • One was denied, in part because he’d already been to the doctor, and the denial noted he’d received acetaminophen pain medication.

  • New London Pharmacy said one of its regular distributors stopped shipping Percocet, a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen.

  • More compellingly, the more and the earlier Mom took acetaminophen, the stronger the association.

  • Now that a Danish study has associated maternal use of acetaminophen with ADHD, mothers are likely to panic.