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Definition of Acetylsalicylic acid

1. Noun. The acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets.

Definition of Acetylsalicylic acid

1. Noun. (organic compound pharmaceutical drug) The acetate ester of salicylic acid; aspirin. ¹

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Medical Definition of Acetylsalicylic acid

1. An odourless, white, slightly bitter drug used to reduce pain, fever, inflammation and sometimes to prevent blood clotting. Also called aspirin. Some people cannot tolerate it because it can cause stomach bleeding, however. It is soluble in both water and alcoholand melts at 132 to 136 degrees C. (06 May 1997)

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Literary usage of Acetylsalicylic acid

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1. Therapeutic Gazette (1921)
"The Use of acetylsalicylic acid Locally After Tonsillectomy, and in Acute Pharyngitis BY EDWARD P. HELLER, MD [From the Clinic of Dr. John G. Sheldon, ..."

2. Useful drugs (1921)
"The acetic acid PROPERTIES: acetylsalicylic acid occurs as a crystalline, ... ACTION AND USES : acetylsalicylic acid acts like salicylic acid and the ..."

3. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1917)
"Salicin yields 45 per cent, of salicylic acid, and is : at most half as effective. , acetylsalicylic acid (ASPIRIN) This was introduced by Dreser, 1899. ..."

4. Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Preventive Medicine by G. Koehler, Bernard Fantus, William Augustus Evans (1921)
"Probably a combination of the acetylsalicylic acid and the alkaline ... These acetylsalicylic acid reactions begin, as a rule, from fifteen to twenty ..."

5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1922)
"acetylsalicylic acid (Aspirin). Some years ago Fetterolf called attention to the value of powdered aspirin in the treatment of tonsillitis. ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1920)
"The determination of the melting point and free salicylic acid content of acetylsalicylic acid: LA WATT. A comparison of the methods in general use for the ..."

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