acetylsalicylic acid

noun ace·tyl·sal·i·cyl·ic acid \ ə-ˈsē-tᵊl-ˌsa-lə-ˌsi-lik- \

Definition of acetylsalicylic acid

: aspirin 1

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Bayer applied for a German patent but was rejected, as acetylsalicylic acid had been synthesized earlier, first by a French chemist and later by a German chemist.

— kat eschner, Smithsonian, "Aspirin’s Four-Thousand-Year History," 10 Aug. 2017

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Origin and Etymology of acetylsalicylic acid

partial translation of German Acetylosalicylsäure, from Acetyl acetyl + Salicylsäure salicylic acid

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First Known Use: 1864

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