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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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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

The menthol and methyl salicylate trigger a cooling sensation.

From Seattle Times Jul. 28, 2021

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

They maintain perhaps that chloral does not make one sleep, that salicylate of soda does not alleviate rheumatic pains, that bromide of potassium does not check attacks of epilepsy.

From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Richet, Charles

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