aspirin tablet

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• tablet — n. pad 1) a writing tablet pill 2) to take a tablet 3) an aspirin tablet 4) a scored tablet slab 5) a bronze; clay; marble tablet * * * [ tæblɪt] clay marble tablet [ pad ] a writing tablet [ pill ] …   Combinatory dictionary

• aspirin — n. 1) to take (an) aspirin 2) an aspirin tablet (he took two aspirin tablets; or: he took two aspirins) * * * [ æsprɪn] to take (an) aspirin an aspirin tablet (he took two aspirin tablets; or: he took two aspirins) …   Combinatory dictionary

• Aspirin — Asprin redirects here. For the author, see Robert Asprin. Aspirin …   Wikipedia

• aspirin — /as peuhr in, prin/, n., pl. aspirin, aspirins. 1. Pharm. a white, crystalline substance, C9H8O4, derivative of salicylic acid, used as an anti inflammatory agent and to relieve the pain of headache, rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, etc.;… …   Universalium

• tablet — A solid dosage form containing medicinal substances with or without suitable diluents; it may vary in shape, size, and weight, and may be classed according to the method of manufacture, as compressed t.. SYN: tabule. [Fr. tablette, L. tabula]… …   Medical dictionary

• tablet — noun Etymology: Middle English tablett, from Anglo French tablet, diminutive of table table Date: 14th century 1. a. a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription b. a thin slab or one of a set of portable sheets used for writing c.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• aspirin — [as′pə rin΄, as′prin΄] n. [Ger < Gr a , without + ModL Spiraea, SPIREA + IN1: so named (1899) by H. Dreser, Ger chemist, because compounded without use of spirea (in which the natural acid is found)] 1. a white, crystalline powder,… …   English World dictionary

• aspirin — ► NOUN (pl. same or aspirins) ▪ a medicine used in tablet form to relieve pain and reduce fever and inflammation. ORIGIN from the chemical name, acetylated salicylic acid …   English terms dictionary

• Aspirin — A good example of a tradename that entered into the language, Aspirin was once the Bayer trademark for acetylsalicylic acid. The first use of what became known as aspirin was by the Greek physician Hippocrates, who used powder extracted from the… …   Medical dictionary

• aspirin — [19] The word aspirin was coined in German towards the end of the 19th century. It is a condensed version of the term acetylierte spirsäure ‘acetylated spiraeic acid’. Spiraeic acid is a former term for ‘salicylic acid’, from which aspirin is… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• aspirin — noun (plural aspirin or aspirins) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from acetyl + spiraeic acid (former name of salicylic acid), from New Latin Spiraea, genus of shrubs more at spirea Date: 1899 1. a white crystalline derivative C …   New Collegiate Dictionary