Tylenol

Tylenol
/tuy"leuh nawl', -nol'/, Pharm., Trademark.
a brand of acetaminophen.

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drug
      trademarked brand of acetaminophen, an aspirin-free pain reliever and fever reducer introduced in 1955 by McNeil Laboratories, Inc. (now part of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceutical conglomerate). See acetaminophen.

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