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cinchophen

/ˈsɪŋkəfɛn/

cinchophen noun: an analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).

Noun

cinchophen (uncountable)

  1. An analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).

Questions about cinchophen

What does cinchophen mean?
Cinchophen means an analgesic drug used to treat gout in animals (and, until the 1930s, in humans, when it was found to cause liver damage).
What part of speech is cinchophen?
Cinchophen is a noun.
How do you pronounce cinchophen?
Cinchophen is pronounced /ˈsɪŋkəfɛn/.

Words near cinchophen in the dictionary

  1. cinchonize
  2. cinchonized
  3. cinchonizes
  4. cinchonizing
  5. cinchonology
  6. cinchophen
  7. cinchotannic acid
  8. cinchotannic acids
  9. cinchotine
  10. cinchotoxin
  11. cinchotoxine

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