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EMPIRIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Empirin mean?
• EMPIRIN (noun)
The noun EMPIRIN has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: EMPIRIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
acetylsalicylic acid; aspirin; Bayer; Empirin; St. Joseph
Hypernyms ("Empirin" is a kind of...):
analgesic; anodyne; pain pill; painkiller (a medicine used to relieve pain)
salicylate (a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs))
Meronyms (substance of "Empirin"):
2-hydroxybenzoic acid; salicylic acid (a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Empirin"):
aspirin powder; headache powder (a powdered form of aspirin)
buffered aspirin; Bufferin (aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin))
enteric-coated aspirin (aspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestines)
Domain usage:
trade name (a name given to a product or service)
trademark (a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product)
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