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salicylate

American

[suh-lis-uh-layt, -lit, sal-uh-sil-ayt, sal-uh-sil-] / səˈlɪs əˌleɪt, -lɪt, ˌsæl əˈsɪl eɪt, ˈsæl əˌsɪl- /

noun

Chemistry.

a salt or ester of salicylic acid.

salicylate British

/ səˈlɪsɪˌleɪt /

noun

any salt or ester of salicylic acid

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salicylate Scientific

/ sə-lĭs′ə-lāt′,-lĭt,săl′ə-sĭl′ĭt /

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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salicylate

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

Or we may treat the gelatine with ferrocyanide of potassium and salicylate of sodium mixed, and thus obtain an intermediary colour on the addition of FeSO4.

From The Mechanism of Life by Stéphane Leduc

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