aspirin

Speech parts

1. aspirin - Noun

2. Aspirin - Proper noun

Meaning

the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

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Synonyms

Bayer acetylsalicylic acid Empirin Advil drug medicine morphine headache sedative ointment opiate capsaicin pepsin thymol insulin

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Hypernyms

salicylate anodyne analgesic painkiller pain pill

Hyponyms

aspirin powder headache powder buffered aspirin Bufferin enteric-coated aspirin

Examples

America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar and use it up in two weeks. John Barrymore

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin. Luc Besson

We are living in a cultural dark age of musical pollution. You put the radio on, and five minutes later you need an aspirin. Vangelis

Pop music is aspirin and the blues are vitamins. Peter Tork

A couple drinks. A couple aspirin. Repeat. Chuck Palahniuk

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children. Gloria Estefan

Close letter words and terms

aspired to aspirement aspirer aspirin powder aspirinate aspirined