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salicin

[ sal-uh-sin ]

noun

, Pharmacology.
  1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble glucoside, C 1 3 H 1 8 O 7 , obtained from the bark of the American aspen: used in medicine chiefly as an antipyretic and analgesic.

salicin

/ ˈsælɪsɪn /

noun

  1. a colourless or white crystalline water-soluble glucoside obtained from the bark of poplar trees and used as a medical analgesic. Formula: C 13 H 18 O 7

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Word History and Origins

Origin of salicin1

1820–30; < French salicine < Latin salic- (stem of salix ) willow + French -ine -ine 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of salicin1

C19: from French salicine, from Latin salix willow

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