acetylsalicylate

[uh-seet-l-suh-lis-uh-leyt, uh-set-, as-i-tl-]

noun Pharmacology.

a salt or ester of acetylsalicylic acid.

Origin of acetylsalicylate

First recorded in 1955–60; acetylsalicyl(ic acid) + -ate²

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