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salicylic

Salicylic is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter S and ends with the letter C for which we found 1 definitions.

Definition
(a.) Pertaining to derived from or designating an acid formerly obtained by fusing salicin with potassium hydroxide and now made in large quantities from phenol (carbolic acid) by the action of carbon dioxide on heated sodium phenolate. It is a white crystalline substance. It is used as an antiseptic and in its salts in the treatment of rheumatism. Called also hydroxybenzoic acid.

Syllable Information

The word salicylic is a 9 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for salicylic is: sal-i-cyl-ic


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