sodium salicylate


sodium salicylate

noun

Definition of SODIUM SALICYLATE

: a crystalline salt NaC7H5O3 that has a sweetish saline taste and is used chiefly as an analgesic, antipyretic, and antirheumatic

First Known Use of SODIUM SALICYLATE

1885

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