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noun

aspirin

CEFR B1

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

In a sentence

Six example sentences with aspirin, each labelled with its topic.

  • The pharmacist explained that aspirin also brings down a fever, which is why it sits beside the thermometers.

    Medicine

  • After the half marathon her knees ached so much that a single aspirin felt like the kindest thing available.

    Fitness

  • By nineteen hundred a German chemical works was shipping aspirin worldwide, and willow bark remedies quickly disappeared from shelves.

    History

  • A 1921 ruling held that aspirin had become a common word, so any company could print it on a bottle.

    Law

  • Students make aspirin in the teaching lab by heating salicylic acid with acetic anhydride, then testing the crystals' melting point.

    Science

  • Pharmacies stock their own brand of aspirin beside the famous one, since the tablets are identical and half the price.

    Business

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