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antipyrine definition

anti·py·rine (-pī′rēn′, -rin′)

noun

a white, crystalline powder, (CH)(CH)CHNO, formerly used to relieve pain and to reduce fever, and currently used in solution with benzocaine for acute otitis media

Etymology: < antipyretic + -ine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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