SALICYLIC ACID

noun Etymology: French salicylique, from salicyle, the group HOC6H4CO, from salicine salicin + -yle -yl Date: 1840 a crystalline phenolic acid C 7 H 6 O 3 that is used medicinally especially as an exfoliant and in the form of salts and other derivatives as an analgesic and antipyretic