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Definition of Cinchophen
1. Noun. An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage). ¹
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Medical Definition of Cinchophen
1. C6H5-(C9H5N)-COOH; 2-Phenylquinoline-4-carboxylic acid; 2-phenylcinchoninic acid;an analgesic, antipyretic, and uricosuric agent that may produce liver damage and gastric lesions; used in experimental animals to produce gastric ulcer. (05 Mar 2000)