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noun
Any salt or ester of salicylic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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verb
To combine or treat with salicylic acid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, NSAID, salt
Narrower terms: aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, methyl salicylate, birch oil, sweet-birch oil, salol, phenyl salicylate
History
From salicylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Etymology tree English salicylic acid Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English salicylate From salicylic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
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