aspirin

aspirin
(复同单,或 aspirins)
  1. [mass noun]a synthetic compound used medicinally to relieve mild or chronic pain and to reduce fever and inflammation
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  2. Alternative name acetylsalicylic acid; chem. formula: C6H4(OCOCH3)COOH
    又名: 乙酰水杨酸;化学分子式C6H4(OCOCH3
    ■[count noun]a tablet containing this
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语源
  1. late 19th cent.: from German, from acetylierte Spirsäure 'acetylated salicylic acid' (the element Spir- being from the plant genus name Spiraea)
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