ANTIPYRIN
\ˌantɪpˈɪɹɪn], \ˌantɪpˈɪɹɪn], \ˌa_n_t_ɪ_p_ˈɪ_ɹ_ɪ_n]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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an-ti-p[=i]'rin, n. a white crystalline powder, tasteless, colourless, and soluble in water, obtained from coal-tar products by a complex process, with valuable qualities as a febrifuge, but not as an antiperiodic.--adj. ANTIPYRET'IC.
By Thomas Davidson
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An antipyretic coal-tar derivative, C11H22N2O.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Syn. : anodyrin, dimethyloxyquinizin. An artificial alkaloid, C11H12N20. First obtained by L. Knorr of Erlangen. A white crystalline powder soluble in water and in alcohol. It was introduced into medicine as an antipyretic by Filehne in 1881.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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