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antipyrine

British  
/ ˌæntɪˈpaɪrɪn, -riːn /

noun

  1. Also called: phenazine. a drug formerly used to reduce pain and fever. Formula: C 11 H 12 N 2 O

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Subsequently, the company became known solely as Sandoz and began making pharmaceuticals, the analgesic and antipyretic antipyrine being its first major product of this type.

From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2013

In the meantime, some doctors prescribe anesthetic medications like antipyrine combined with benzocaine to help ease the pain, but studies suggest that herbal ear drops may be just as effective, with minimal side effects.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2010

I saw that it was neck or nothing, and fortunately I had taken some antipyrine with me.

From The Treasure of the Tigris A Tale of Mesopotamia by A. F. Mockler Ferryman

My head aches as if it would burst, and I have taken five grains of antipyrine.

From The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Well, where is the doctor who knows that, applied in a compress with iodide and cold Bondonneau spring water, antipyrine combats the supposedly incurable ailment, cancer?

From Là-bas by Keene Wallace

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