aspirin
noun /ˈæsprɪn/, /ˈæspərɪn/
/ˈæsprɪn/, /ˈæspərɪn/
[uncountable, countable] (plural aspirin, aspirins)
- a drug used to reduce pain, high temperature and inflammation
- Do you have any aspirin?
- Take two aspirin(s) for a headache.
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesb2- Never give aspirin to a child under twelve.
- She took an aspirin and went to bed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soluble
- low-dose
- baby
- …
- dose
- take
- give somebody
- dissolve
- …
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from acetylierte Spirsäure ‘acetylated salicylic acid’ (the element Spir- being from the plant genus name Spiraea).