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Aspirin  n.  (Pharm.) A white crystalline compound, acetyl salicylic acid (CH3.CO.O.C6H4.CO.OH) widely used as a drug for relief of pain and alleviation of fever. It has analgesic, antipyretic, and antiinflammatory properties, and is one of a class of agents called non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). The name was originally a trade name, but has become the preferred name for the substance. It is actually a prodrug, liberating salicylic acid, the ultimate pharmacologically active agent, in the intestines. It is more effective when taken orally than is salicylic acid, because it dissolves more readily.
Synonyms: 2-(acetyloxy)benzoic acid






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... time. You're going to kiss her and kiss her right. But just as you get down to it the father busts in and says what's the meaning of this, so you fly apart and the father says you're discharged, because his daughter is the affianced wife of this Count Aspirin, see? Then he goes back to the safe and finds all the money has been taken, because the son has sneaked in and grabbed out the bundle and hid it in the ice-box on his way out, taking only a few bills to get down on a horse. So he says call the ...
— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson



Words linked to "Aspirin" :   analgesic, headache powder, buffered aspirin, pain pill, anodyne, enteric-coated aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Empirin, salicylic acid, aspirin powder, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, Bayer, salicylate, St. Joseph, Bufferin



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