| 释义 |
sal·i·cyl·ic acid
\|salə|silik-\ noun
Etymology: salicylic International Scientific Vocabulary salicyl salicyloyl + -ic
: a crystalline phenolic acid HOC6H4COOH of sweetish acrid taste found in many plants and in most fruits often in the form of its methyl ester but usually made by reaction of phenol, sodium hydroxide, and carbon dioxide and used chiefly in making pharmaceuticals and dyes, as an antiseptic and disinfectant especially in treating skin diseases, and in the form of salts and other derivatives as an analgesic and antipyretic and in the treatment of rheumatism; ortho-hydroxybenzoic acid — compare aspirin |