salicylic acid

  • 61anacardic acid — |anə|kärdik noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary anacardic (from New Latin Anacardium + International Scientific Vocabulary ic) + acid; originally formed as German anakardsäure : a brown crystalline vesicant phenolic acid found a …

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  • 62gentisic acid — (ˈ)jen.|ti]sik , ]zik noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gentisin + ic : a crystalline acid C6H3(OH)2COOH formed by fusion of gentisin with caustic and by biological oxidation of salicylic acid and used in medicine in the form of …

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  • 63salicyluric acid — |saləsə̇l|yu̇]rik , ə̇|lu̇] noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary salicyl + uric : a crystalline acid C9H9NO4 found in the urine after the administration of salicylic acid or one of its derivatives; ortho hydroxy hippuric acid …

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  • 64aminosalicylic acid — noun Date: 1925 any of four isomeric derivatives C7H7NO3 of salicylic acid that have a single amino group; especially para aminosalicylic acid …

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  • 65sulphosalicylic acid — noun Any of several isomeric sulfonic acids derived from salicylic acid, but especially 5 sulphosalicylic acid that is used to precipitate protein …

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  • 66aminosalicylic acid — noun Any amino derivative of salicylic acid, but especially 4 aminosalicylic acid which is an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis …

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  • 67acetylsalicylic acid — /euh seet l sal euh sil ik, euh set , as i tl ; euh seet l sal euh sil ik, euh set , as i tl /, Pharm. aspirin (def. 1). [1895 1900; ACETYL + SALICYLIC ACID] * * * …

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  • 68benzoic acid — an antiseptic, active against fungi and bacteria, used as a preservative in foods and pharmaceutical preparations and, combined with salicylic acid, in the form of an ointment for the treatment of ringworm …

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  • 69acetylsalicylic acid — n. = ASPIRIN. Etymology: ACETYL + SALICYLIC ACID …

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  • 70salicylous acid — Salicylal Sal i*cyl al, n. [Salicylic + aldehide.] (Chem.) A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, {HO.C6H4.CHO}, found in the flowers of meadow sweet ({Spir[ae]a}), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure.… …

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