🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

fenazona

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fenazona

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Phenazone/ˈfɛn.ə.zoʊn/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O médico prescreveu fenazona para aliviar a dor."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A synthetic compound used as an analgesic and antipyretic, often used in the treatment of pain and fever.

    "The doctor prescribed phenazone to help alleviate the patient's headache."
  2. 2

    A chemical compound with the formula C11H13N3O, commonly used in pharmaceuticals.

    "Phenazone is often included in formulations for its effective pain-relieving properties."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'phenazone' is derived from the combination of 'phenyl', referring to the phenyl group in organic chemistry, and 'azone', a suffix used in chemical nomenclature. It was first introduced in the early 20th century as a compound used for its analgesic and antipyretic properties.

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