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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bitter crystalline compound, C6H4(OH).CO2CH2.COCH3, made by heating monochloracetone with sodium salicylate. It is an antiseptic and antirheumatic, used for diarrhea, gout, rheumatism, etc. It melts at. 71° C.
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