acetylsalicylic acid

English

Noun

acetylsalicylic acid (uncountable)

2. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) The acetate ester of salicylic acid (aspirin)

Synonyms

• ASA
• aspirin

Hypernyms

• NSAID

Coordinate terms

• para-acetylaminophenol (tylenol)

Derived terms

• ASA (abbreviation)

Translations

acetate ester of salicylic acid; aspirin

• Catalan: àcid acetilsalicílic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乙酰水楊酸／乙酰水杨酸 (yǐxiānshuǐyángsuān)

• Czech: kyselina acetylsalicylová f
• Danish: acetylsalicylsyre c
• Dutch: acetylsalicylzuur (nl) n
• Finnish: asetyylisalisyylihappo (fi)
• French: acide acétylsalicylique (fr) m
• German: Acetylsalicylsäure (de) f
• Greek: ακετυλοσαλικυλικό οξύ (el) n (aketylosalikylikó oxý)
• Italian: acido acetilsalicilico (it) m
• Japanese: アセチルサリチル酸 (ja) (asechirusarichiru-san)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: acetylsalisylsyre m or f, aspirin m

• Polish: kwas acetylosalicylowy m
• Portuguese: ácido acetilsalicílico (pt) m
• Romanian: acid acetilsalicilic (ro)
• Russian: ацетилсалици́ловая кислота́ (ru) f (acetilsalicílovaja kislotá)
• Spanish: ácido acetilsalicílico (es) m
• Swedish: acetylsalicylsyra (sv) c

Further reading

• Aspirin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia