salicylate
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of salicylate
First recorded in 1835–45; salicyl(ic acid) + -ate 2
Example Sentences
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So can the antifungal herbal oils in Listerine: eucalyptol, menthol, methyl salicylate and thymol.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 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
Other cultures, including the Greeks, noted willow’s tonic effects, but not until the late 1890s did the Bayer drug and dye company combine salicylate with other ingredients to create aspirin.
From Slate • May 6, 2013
Where the disease is associated with rheumatism, 2-dram doses of salicylate of soda may be substituted for the chlorate of potassium.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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