Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

acetanilide

acetanilide (as`et*an"i*lid) , noun

[Acetyl + anilide.]

(Medicine, Chemistry) An amide formed from aniline and an acetyl group (C6H5.NH.CO.CH3); it is a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic. It has molecular weight 135.16.