Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

salol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sa-lol
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Phenyl salicylate; a, odorless, tasteless, white crystalline powder, nearly insoluble in water, but soluble in chloroform, ether, oils, and certain concentrations of alcohol, which is split up in the intestines into salicylic acid and phenol, and which is used for certain medicinal purposes.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The therapeutic action of alphol is said to be similar to that of salol."

Etymology

From salicylic + -ol.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: salicylic

Usage

Inflected Forms

salols (plural)

Phrases

salol-camphor

Synonyms

phenyl salicylate

Questions

What does salol mean?: Phenyl salicylate; a, odorless, tasteless, white crystalline powder, nearly insoluble in water, but soluble in chloroform, ether, oils, and certain concentrations of alcohol, which is split up in the intestines into salicylic acid and phenol, and which is used for certain medicinal purposes.
Where does salol come from?: From salicylic + -ol.

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