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- noun (Chem.) An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name.
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- noun organic chemistry An
artificial alkaloid resemblingthalline , used as anantipyretic .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek for "heat" + Latin fugere to flee.
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