sodium salicylate

noun

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

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Recent Examples on the Web Ingredients include sodium salicylate, which creates a gentle chemical peeling effect that leaves your skin baby soft. —

Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 25 Jan. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sodium salicylate was in 1885

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“Sodium salicylate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sodium%20salicylate. Accessed 30 Mar. 2023.

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