salicylate
Americannoun
noun
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
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
Dr. Camenis wanted Chesney to go to bed for forty-eight hours and take large doses of salicylate of soda.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives
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