Aspirin

  • 21aspirin — noun (plural aspirin or aspirins) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from acetyl + spiraeic acid (former name of salicylic acid), from New Latin Spiraea, genus of shrubs more at spirea Date: 1899 1. a white crystalline derivative C …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22aspirin — as|pirin [ˈæsprın] n plural aspirin or aspirins [U and C] [Date: 1800 1900; : German; Origin: acetylierte spirsäure type of acid from which aspirin is obtained, from Modern Latin spiraea type of bush from which this acid is obtained] a medicine… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 23aspirin — [[t]æ̱spɪrɪn[/t]] aspirins N VAR (The form aspirin can also be used for the plural.) Aspirin is a mild drug which reduces pain and fever …

    English dictionary

  • 24aspirin — [19] The word aspirin was coined in German towards the end of the 19th century. It is a condensed version of the term acetylierte spirsäure ‘acetylated spiraeic acid’. Spiraeic acid is a former term for ‘salicylic acid’, from which aspirin is… …

    Word origins

  • 25Aspirin — Acetylsalicylsäure; ASS * * * A|s|pi|rin ® [Kurzw. aus ↑ Acetyl , Spirsäure (= ↑ Salicylsäure) u. ↑ in (3)], das; s: svw. ↑ Acetylsalicylsäure …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 26aspirin — noun plural aspirins or aspirin (C, U) a medicine that reduces pain, inflammation, and fever …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27aspirin — /ˈæsprən / (say aspruhn) noun 1. acetylsalicylic acid, C9H8O4, used to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc. 2. a tablet of aspirin. {German (originally trademark): A(cetyl) acetyl + Spir(säure) salicylic (acid) (see… …

  • 28aspirín — a m (ȋ) zdravilo proti prehladu in bolečinam: proti glavobolu je jemal aspirin; škatlica aspirina / pog. vzel je dva aspirina z vodo dve tableti aspirina …

    Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika

  • 29aspirin — aspirinas statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Vaistas, kurio veiklioji medžiaga – O acetilsalicilo rūgštis. atitikmenys: angl. aspirin rus. аспирин …

    Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • 30aspirin — A drug that reduces pain, fever, inflammation, and blood clotting. Aspirin belongs to the family of drugs called nonsteroidal anti inflammatory agents. It is also being studied in cancer prevention …

    English dictionary of cancer terms