Phenacetin \Phe*nac"e*tin\, Phenacetine \Phe*nac"e*tine\, n.
[Phenyl + acetic + -in.] (Pharm.)
A white, crystalline compound, {C10H13O2N}, once used in
medicine principally as an antipyretic. It is now seldom used
because of serious side effects.
Syn: N-(4-ethoxyphenyl)acetamide, p-acetophenetidide,
p-ethoxyacetanilide, acetophenetidin,
para-acetphenetidin, p-acetophenetide.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]