salicylic acid
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salicylic acid
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From translingual Salix (“the willow”), from whose bark it can be obtained.
noun salicyclic acid
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A white crystalline organic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, C₆>H₄(OH)(COOH), used in the production of aspirin and other industrial chemicals.
Similar: spiraeic acid, spiroylic acid, spiroylous acid
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noun salicylic acid
| Español | ácido salicílico |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살리실산 sallisilsan |
| 日本語 | サリチル酸 sarichiru san |
| 中文 | 水楊酸 /水杨酸 shuǐyángsuān |
| Português | ácido salicílico |
| Français | acide salicylique |
| Deutsch | Salicylsäure |
| Italiano | acido salicilico |
| Ελληνικά | σαλικυλικό οξύ salikylikó oxý |
| Română | acid salicilic |
| Русский | салициловая кислота salicilovaja kislota |
| Tiếng Việt | axit salixilic |
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title = {salicylic acid},
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