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salicylamide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sal-i-cy-lamide
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A drug with analgesic and antipyretic properties, its medicinal uses being similar to those of aspirin.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From salicyl + amide.

Usage

Inflected Forms

salicylamides (plural)

Derived Forms

osalmid parsalmide salicylanilide

Questions

What does salicylamide mean?
A drug with analgesic and antipyretic properties, its medicinal uses being similar to those of aspirin.
Where does salicylamide come from?
From salicyl + amide.

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