aspirin

as-pi-rin · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A common medicine (acetylsalicylic acid) used to reduce pain, fever, and inflammation.

  2. 2.

    A tablet or dose of this medicine.

Forms

plural: aspirins

Related words

See also: ibuprofen, medicine, painkiller
Synonyms: acetylsalicylic acid, analgesic, painkiller

Etymology

From German Aspirin, a trademark coined by Bayer in 1899, from A- (for acetyl) + -spir- (from Spiraea, the plant genus from which salicylic acid was derived) + -in (a common suffix for medicines).