aspirin
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aspirin¹
- /ˈæs.p(ɪ.)ɹɪn/ UK
- /ˈæs.pɹɪn/ US
Where it comes from
Genericized trademark of German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage, as various German trademarks were nullified in the United States after World War I (see also heroin).
noun aspirins
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an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid
Similar: acetylsalicylic acid, ASA
- A tablet containing this substance. "It nearly drove me insane. I took heaven alone knows how many aspirins."
Aspirin²
- /ˈæspɹɪn/
- /ˈæspɪɹɪn/
Where it comes from
From the German trademark Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated spiræic acid”); more at aspirin § Etymology.
proper noun
- A marketed variety of acetylsalicylic acid.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: acetylsalicylic acid, bayer, empirin, tylenol, warfarin, tablet, bunch, dance, persantine, salicylate, bufferin, ecotrin, asa, st. joseph, entrophen, easprin
Translations
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noun analgesic drug
| Español | aspirina, aspirinar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아스피린 aseupirin |
| 日本語 | アスピリン asupirin |
| 中文 | 阿司匹林 āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín, 阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵 āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng, 阿司匹靈 /阿司匹灵 āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng, 阿斯匹林 āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín |
| हिन्दी | एस्पिरिन espirin |
| Kiswahili | aspirini |
| Português | aspirina |
| Français | aspirine |
| Deutsch | Aspirin |
| Italiano | aspirina |
| Ελληνικά | ασπιρίνη aspiríni |
| Română | aspirină |
| Русский | аспири́н aspirín |
| العربية | أَسْبِرِين ʔasbirīn |
| עברית | אַסְפִּירִין aspirín |
noun tablet containing acetylsalicylic acid
| 中文 | 阿斯匹靈 /阿斯匹灵 āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng, 阿司匹靈 /阿司匹灵 āsīpīlíng, āsīpǐlíng, 阿司匹林 āsīpǐlín, āsīpīlín, 阿斯匹林 āsīpīlín, āsīpǐlín |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | aspirini |
| Ελληνικά | ασπιρίνη aspiríni |
| Română | aspirină |
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title = {aspirin},
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