SALICYLIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does salicylic acid mean? 

• SALICYLIC ACID (noun)
  The noun SALICYLIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes

  Familiarity information: SALICYLIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALICYLIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

2-hydroxybenzoic acid; salicylic acid

Hypernyms ("salicylic acid" is a kind of...):

hydroxy acid (any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself)

Holonyms ("salicylic acid" is a substance of...):

acetylsalicylic acid; aspirin; Bayer; Empirin; St. Joseph (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)

diflunisal; Dolobid (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions)

 Context examples 

A synthetic, orally bioavailable, achiral, tridentate triazole derived from salicylic acid with iron-chelating activity.

(Deferasirox, NCI Thesaurus)

A bismuth salt of salicylic acid.

(Bismuth Subsalicylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Diflunisal differs from other salicylates, in that it is not metabolized to salicylic acid, hence it has a longer half-life.

(Diflunisal, NCI Thesaurus)

A difluorophenyl derivate of salicylic acid and a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) with antipyretic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.

(Diflunisal, NCI Thesaurus)