Definition of Phenylacetamide

1. Noun. A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.

Exact synonyms: Acetanilid, Acetanilide
Generic synonyms: Analgesic, Anodyne, Pain Pill, Painkiller

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phenylacetamide

phentolamine hydrochloride
phentolamine mesylate
phentolamine test
phentolamines
phenyboronic
phenyboronic acid
phenyl
phenyl alcohol
phenyl aminosalicylate
phenyl mercaptan
phenyl salicylate
phenylacetaldehyde
phenylacetaldehyde dehydrogenase
phenylacetaldehydes
phenylacetamide (current term)
phenylacetate
phenylacetate - CoA ligase
phenylacetates
phenylacetic
phenylacetic acid
phenylacetone
phenylacetones
phenylaceturic acid
phenylacetylene
phenylacetylenes
phenylacetylglutamine
phenylacetylurea
phenylacrylic acid
phenylacrylic acid decarboxylase

Literary usage of Phenylacetamide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Studies from the Chemical Laboratory of the Sheffield Scientific School by Horace Lemuel Wells (1901)
"This proved to be phenylacetamide, and weighed 2.2 g. The ether solution was evaporated and the oil distilled at 25-28 mm. pressure. ..."

2. The Propaganda for reform in proprietary medicines by American Medical Association (1908)
"Few physicians keep up with chemical terms and, therefore, are not supposed to know that phenylacetamide is one of the chemical names for Acetanilid. ..."

3. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen, Henry Leffmann (1892)
"... have been prepared, and certain of them have found some employment as analgesics and antipyretics, as for instance : — Acetanilide. phenylacetamide. ..."

4. An Introduction to Modern Therapeutics: Being the Croonian Lectures on the by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1892)
"phenylacetamide. Aniline. O Acetanilid. acetyl. You will see from its formula that ... When regarded from this point of view it is called phenylacetamide. ..."

5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1912)
"... have been prepared, and certain of them have found some employment as analgesics and antipyretics, as for instance: Acetanilide. phenylacetamide. ..."

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