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salicylate

American  
[suh-lis-uh-leyt, -lit, sal-uh-sil-eyt, sal-uh-sil-] / səˈlɪs əˌleɪt, -lɪt, ˌsæl əˈsɪl eɪt, ˈsæl əˌsɪl- /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a salt or ester of salicylic acid.


salicylate British  
/ səˈlɪsɪˌleɪt /

noun

  1. any salt or ester of salicylic acid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

salicylate Scientific  
/ sə-lĭsə-lāt′,-lĭt,săl′ə-sĭlĭt /
  1. A salt or ester of salicylic acid, containing the group C 7 H 5 O 3.


Etymology

Origin of salicylate

First recorded in 1835–45; salicyl(ic acid) + -ate 2

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Inactive ingredients include turpentine oil and methyl salicylate.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

PABA’s risks include severe sun sensitivity, and trolamine salicylate can cause serious bleeding, vomiting and—in extreme circumstances—death.

From Scientific American Sep. 6, 2023

Hypocapnia, or abnormally low blood levels of CO2, occurs with any cause of hyperventilation that drives off the CO2, such as salicylate toxicity, elevated room temperatures, fever, or hysteria.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The tree, whose healing power was first noted by ancient Egyptians in the Ebers Papyrus, contains salicylate, a primary component of aspirin.

From Slate May 6, 2013

A lady accustomed to taking salicylate of soda for muscular rheumatism wakes one early winter morning with an aching neck.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by James, William

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