salicylic acid

salicylic acid
noun Etymology: French salicylique, from salicyle, the group HOC6H4CO, from salicine salicin + -yle -yl Date: 1840 a crystalline phenolic acid C7H6O3 that is used medicinally especially as an exfoliant and in the form of salts and other derivatives as an analgesic and antipyretic — compare aspirin

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