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
How To Use acetylsalicylic acid In A Sentence
- Side effects included pancreatitis and shingles that resulted in discontinuation of 5-acetylsalicylic acid, leukopenia corrected by withholding 6-mercaptopurine and self-resolved hepatitis. IBD clinical studies: drug comparisons
- Aspirin is made up of acetylsalicylic acid, which exfoliates skin and has anti-inflammatory properties. The Sun
- The leaves and bark of the willow tree contain a substance called salicin, a naturally occurring compound similar to acetylsalicylic acid, the chemical name for aspirin. BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition
- With the help of synthetic chemists, morphine has become hydromorphine; lysergic acid has been converted to methylysergide; cocaine has yielded procaine; physostigmine has been converted into neostigmine and salicin has been changed into acetylsalicylic acid. Chapter 7
- The willow tree bark and leaves are rich in salicin, a compound similar to acetylsalicylic acid, the chemical name for aspirin.
- Side effects included pancreatitis and shingles that resulted in discontinuation of 5-acetylsalicylic acid, leukopenia corrected by withholding 6-mercaptopurine and self-resolved hepatitis. IBD clinical studies: drug comparisons
- Acetylsalicylic acid absorbed from the gut is rapidly hydrolysed to salicylic acid by esterases in the erythrocytes of the portal circulation and the liver.
- Near the top must be aspirin - or to give it its proper title, acetylsalicylic acid. Times, Sunday Times
- In addition, previous experimental work by Vogel indicates that acetylsalicylic acid, indomethacin, and phenylbutazone strengthen uninjured collagenous structures in rats.
- It also contains acetylsalicylic acid, a close relation of aspirin, which has anti-inflammatory properties. Times, Sunday Times