Noun

• S: (n) salicylic acid, 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (a white crystalline substance with a bitter aftertaste; used as a fungicide or in making aspirin or dyes or perfumes)
• substance holonym
• S: (n) aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph (the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets)
• S: (n) diflunisal, Dolobid (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) hydroxy acid (any acid that has hydroxyl groups in addition to the hydroxyl group in the acid itself)
• S: (n) acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)
• S: (n) compound, chemical compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)
• S: (n) chemical, chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)
• S: (n) material, stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object) "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"
• S: (n) substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists) "DNA is the substance of our genes"
• S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• S: (n) part, portion, component part, component, constituent (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
• S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))