Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A white crystalline powder, C13H10O3, derived from salicylic acid and used in the manufacture of plastics and suntan oils and medicinally as an analgesic and antipyretic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Phenyl salicylate, C6H4.OHCO2.C6H5, a salicylic ether forming odorless crystals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white crystalline substance consisting of phenol salicylate.
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- noun chemistry
Phenyl salicylate ; a, odorless, tasteless,white crystalline powder , nearlyinsoluble inwater , butsoluble inchloroform ,ether ,oils , and certain concentrations ofalcohol , which is split up in theintestines intosalicylic acid andphenol , and which is used for certain medicinal purposes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release
Etymologies
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Examples
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Intestinal antiseptics, such as salol, thymol, and sodium salicylate, are valuable in cases probably due to intestinal toxins.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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CO. O.C_6H_5 is sulphonated, a product is obtained which is easily soluble in water, but which is identified as a mixture of the sulphonation products of salicylic acid and phenol, the salol being dissociated on sulphonation.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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The following formula is quite useful in checking diarrhoea: salol one-half ounce, bismuth subnitrate one ounce, and bicarbonate of soda two ounces.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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It is advisable in most cases to follow this with the following mixture: bicarbonate of soda one ounce, bismuth subnitrate one-half ounce, and salol one-quarter ounce.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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The following mixture may be given: potassium chlorate two ounces, salol one-half ounce, and powdered nux vomica one ounce.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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Portions of the gum solutions were mixed with small quantities of menthol, thymol, salol, and saccharin in alkaline solution, also with boric acid, sodium phosphate, and potash alum in aqueous solution.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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At this period no internal medication was given, but three days previous to the usual onset of the disease I prescribed phenacetin and salol, five grains of each three times a day.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 Various
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Among the most popular coal tar derivatives I might mention anti-kamnia, salol-phenacetine, anti-pyrine and salicylate of soda.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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Intestinal disinfectants, particularly calomel, salol, and salicylic acid, have been recommended, and mild, antiseptic mouth washes are advisable.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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The resulting cavity may be injected daily with a weak carbolic-acid lotion, or salol may be introduced.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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