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  • noun Common misspelling of acetaminophen.

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Examples

  • The pain and swelling might be relieved by giving ibuprofen or acetominophen prior to the vaccine.

    Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis 2010

  • You may have never heard of it before, but it has been used for years in emergency rooms for patients who are at risk for liver damage from something they have ingested such as the common pain medication acetominophen.

    The Chemistry of Calm M.D. Henry Emmons 2010

  • The ibuprofen and acetominophen are sufficiently different drugs that by alternating, you can effectively double the dose of fever-reducer without risking the toxicity of twice as much of one or the other.

    First Aid Myths That Do No Good | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • Symptoms uv kitteh wif aspirin toxicity: hyperventilation an cardiovascular collapse acetominophen tylenol hard on goggies, shud onlee use if vet sez.

    Dis muss be 1 of dem hairless kittehz - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009

  • The opioid is great, but you can only take so much acetominophen without damaging your liver.

    General news delagar 2008

  • Assuming that your vicodin is really hydrocodone, you are taking acetominophen in every pill.

    General news delagar 2008

  • I mean the over-the-counter medications -- it's actually the Tylenol, the acetominophen that's complexed in with many of the over-the-counter sleeping medication that would be terribly dangerous.

    CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2008 2008

  • On the medication side, have unexpired bottles of aspirin, acetominophen, naproxen sodium or ibuprofen, triple antibiotic cream, sterile gauze, pepto-bismol, and have bleach and a quaternary disinfectant on hand.

    Archive 2007-06-01 Susan Palwick 2007

  • On the medication side, have unexpired bottles of aspirin, acetominophen, naproxen sodium or ibuprofen, triple antibiotic cream, sterile gauze, pepto-bismol, and have bleach and a quaternary disinfectant on hand.

    Pandemic Flu Preparedness: the Meme Susan Palwick 2007

  • So I went to the pharmacy in search of a decongestant that I had no acetominophen in it.

    Goddam NaziCops! Walter Jon Williams 2007

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