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- Salicylic - a. - Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide, and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic, and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.
- Salicylate - n. - A salt of salicylic acid.
- Oxybenzoic - a. - Hydroxybenzoic; pertaining to, or designating, any one of several hydroxyl derivatives of benzonic acid, of which the commonest is salicylic acid.
- Nitrosalicylic - a. - Of, pertaining to, or designating, a nitro derivative of salicylic acid, called also anilic acid.
- Salicylal - n. - A thin, fragrant, colorless oil, HO.C6H4.CHO, found in the flowers of meadow sweet (Spiraea), and also obtained by oxidation of salicin, saligenin, etc. It reddens on exposure. Called also salicylol, salicylic aldehyde, and formerly salicylous, / spiroylous, acid.
- Salicyl - n. - The hypothetical radical of salicylic acid and of certain related compounds.
- Salicylide - n. - A white crystalline substance obtained by dehydration of salicylic acid.