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EXALGIN

\ɛɡzˈald͡ʒɪn], \ɛɡzˈald‍ʒɪn], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈa_l_dʒ_ɪ_n]\

Definitions of EXALGIN

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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eks-al'jin, n. an anodyne obtained from coal-tar products. [Gr.,--ex, out, algos, pain.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Methyl acetanilid, C9H11NO; antipyretic and analgesic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Methyl acetanilid, a derivative of the aromatic series, prepared by the action of methyl iodid on sodium acetanilid. It is closely allied to antipyrin in its physiological action, but is said to be less actively analgetic. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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