SALICYLIC ACID


Meaning of SALICYLIC ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌsa-lə-ˈsi-lik- ]

noun

Etymology: French salicylique, from salicyle, the group HOC 6 H 4 CO, 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 — compare aspirin

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