English Explanatory Dictionary

salicylic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C₆>H₄(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.

Word forms

salicylic acid salicyclic acid

Etymology

From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.

Synonyms

spiraeic acid spiroylic acid spiroylous acid

Related words

salicin

Derived words

acetylsalicylic acid albuterol aminosalicylic acid nitrosalicylic acid sal- -sal- -sal salicyl salicylamide salicylate sulfosalicylic acid sulphosalicylic acid thiosalicylic acid
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