English Explanatory Dictionary

salicylate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any salt or ester of salicylic acid.

verb

To combine or treat with salicylic acid.

Word forms

salicylate salicylates salicylating salicylated

Etymology

From salicylic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Derived words

acetylsalicylate carbasalate disalicylate homosalate methyl salicylate octisalate salsalate subsalicylate xenysalate salicylation

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