Paracetamol (para-acetyl-amino-phenol) is also known as aminoacetophen (N-acetyl-para-aminophenol).
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Para means that groups are attached to opposite sides of the benzene ring.
Acetyl is a CH
3C=O group.
Amino is a -NH
2 group but one of the Hs has been replaced by the acetyl group, so only -NH- is seen here.
Phenol is a benzene ring with -OH attached.