aspirin

aspirin
aspirin coined 1899 (H. Dresser) in German as a trademark name, from Gk. a- "without" + L. Spiraea (ulmaria) "meadow-sweet," the plant in whose flowers or leaves the processed acid in the medicine is found naturally, + chemical ending -in (see -INE (Cf. -ine) (2)). "Hence aspirin prop. means 'acetylo-salicylic acid which is gained not from the Spiraea ulmaria (but in a chemical way)' " [Klein]. Or the whole might be a contraction of acetylierte spirsäure, the German name of the acid [Flood], which now is obsolete, replaced by salicylic acid.

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  • aspirin — [as′pə rin΄, as′prin΄] n. [Ger < Gr a , without + ModL Spiraea, SPIREA + IN1: so named (1899) by H. Dreser, Ger chemist, because compounded without use of spirea (in which the natural acid is found)] 1. a white, crystalline powder,… …   English World dictionary

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