antipyrine

British  

/ -riːn, ˌæntɪˈpaɪrɪn /

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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Example Sentences

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

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 Wallace, Keene

Well, to make a dense story more condensed, me and Andy cached our paris green and antipyrine powders and albums in a friend's cellar, and took the trail to Pittsburg.

From The Gentle Grafter by Greening, H. C.

It is good for sick headache and neuralgia due to eye or nerve strain, but then the first remedy, antipyrine, can be left out.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson