antifebrin

[an-tee-fee-brin, -feb-rin, an-tahy-]

noun

Pharmacology.

1. acetanilide.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antifebrin¹

anti- + febr(ile) + -in ²

Example Sentences

Several medicinal substances are also prepared from aniline, for instance, antifebrin and atoxyl.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Antifebrin, another of the coal tar preparations, is the registered name for acetanelid.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

It was soon ascertained that antipyrin, antifebrin, phenacetin and other analogous products, if given in sufficient doses, would reduce the heat, and allay the pains with great certainty and promptness, not only in continued fevers, but also in rheumatism, influenza, or la grippe, etc.; and thus their use soon became popular with both the profession and the public.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Anilides, compounds in which the amino group is substituted by an acid radical, are prepared by heating aniline with certain acids; antifebrin or acetanilide is thus obtained from acetic acid and aniline.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

In addition to dyestuffs, it is a starting-product for the manufacture of many drugs, such as antipyrine, antifebrin, &c.

Read more on Project Gutenberg