Aspirin
11aspirin — ► NOUN (pl. same or aspirins) ▪ a medicine used in tablet form to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation. ORIGIN from the chemical name, acetylated salicylic acid …
12Aspirin — Asprin redirects here. For the author, see Robert Asprin. Aspirin …
13Aspirin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Acetylsalicylsäure …
14Aspirin — A good example of a tradename that entered into the language, Aspirin was once the Bayer trademark for acetylsalicylic acid. The first use of what became known as aspirin was by the Greek physician Hippocrates, who used powder extracted from the… …
15aspirin — /as peuhr in, prin/, n., pl. aspirin, aspirins. 1. Pharm. a white, crystalline substance, C9H8O4, derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.;… …
16aspirin — n. 1) to take (an) aspirin 2) an aspirin tablet (he took two aspirin tablets; or: he took two aspirins) * * * [ æsprɪn] to take (an) aspirin an aspirin tablet (he took two aspirin tablets; or: he took two aspirins) …
17aspirin — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ soluble ▪ low dose ▪ baby (esp. AmE) ▪ coated (esp. AmE) … OF ASPIRIN ▪ dos …
18aspirin — [19] The word aspirin was coined in German towards the end of the 19th century. It is a condensed version of the term acetylierte spirsäure ‘acetylated spiraeic acid’. Spiraeic acid is a former term for ‘salicylic acid’, from which aspirin is… …
19aspirin — acetylsalicylic acid; n. a widely used drug that relieves pain and also reduces inflammation and fever. It is taken by mouth – alone or in combination with other analgesics – for the relief of the less severe types of pain, such as headache,… …
20aspirin */ — UK [ˈæsprɪn] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms aspirin : singular aspirin plural aspirin a drug, usually in the form of a pill, that you take to cure minor pains such as headaches …
