salicylate

Other forms: salicylates

Definitions of salicylate

1. noun

   a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs)
   types:

   Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph, acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin

   the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets

   birch oil, methyl salicylate, sweet-birch oil

   a liquid ester with a strong odor of wintergreen; applied externally for minor muscle and joint pain

   phenyl salicylate, salol

   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

   aspirin powder, headache powder

   a powdered form of aspirin

   Bufferin, buffered aspirin

   aspirin coated with a substance capable of neutralizing acid (trade name Bufferin)

   enteric-coated aspirin

   aspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestines

   type of:

   NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug

   an anti-inflammatory drug that does not contain steroids

   salt

   a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal)