1. A solid odourless chemical of leaf or flake-like appearance; used in rubber accelerator, dye, and camphor synthesis; metabolised to paracetamol (acetaminophen)
   "phenylacetamide was once used as a fever reducer before safer alternatives were developed";
   - acetanilide, acetanilid

Type of: analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller

Encyclopedia: Phenylacetamide