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Definition of aspirin noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

aspirin

noun
 
/ˈæsprɪn/,
 
/ˈæspərɪn/
 
/ˈæsprɪn/,
 
/ˈæspərɪn/
 [uncountable, countable]
(plural aspirin, aspirins)
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  1. a drug used to reduce pain, high temperature and inflammation
    • Do you have any aspirin?
    • Take two aspirin(s) for a headache.
    Extra Examples
    • Never give aspirin to a child under twelve.
    • She took an aspirin and went to bed.
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • soluble
    • low-dose
    • baby
    • …
    … of aspirin
    • dose
    verb + aspirin
    • take
    • give somebody
    • dissolve
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from acetylierte Spirsäure ‘acetylated salicylic acid’ (the element Spir- being from the plant genus name Spiraea).
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