/sal"euh sin/ , n. Pharm.
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 13 H 18 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic. Also called salicyl alcohol glucoside /sal"euh sil/ .
[ 1820-30; salicine salic- (s. of salix ) willow + F -ine -INE 2 ]