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Pain-relieving drug
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aspirin
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
coined 1899 by German chemist Heinrich Dreser (1860-1924) in German as a trademark name, from Latin Spiraea (ulmaria) "meadow-sweet," the plant in whose flowers or leaves the processed acid in the medicine is naturally found, + common chemical ending -in ...
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Aspirin , also known as acetylsalicylic acid ( ASA ), is a medication , often used to treat pain , fever , and inflammation . Aspirin is also used long-term, at low doses, to help prevent heart attacks , strokes , and blood clot formation in people at high ...
Usage examples of aspirin.
Stories had already reached him of Sterkarms wheedling aspirin out of his security guards and, once they had the tablets in their hands, immediately abandoning whatever deal had been agreed.
They knew they could still get aspirin through the official FUP channels.
He took from it two whole packs of aspirin, each containing twenty-four tablets, one for Toorkild and one for Isobel.
Windsor, taking the hint, found two more packs of aspirin in his briefcase and dropped them on the table.
But I know when it was that he came, down here to borrow some aspirin tablets.
I must just pop into the chemists in passing and get some aspirin and some cornplasters.
Minnie whimpered fretfully with the pain of her blisters, and at their first rest stop Sean gave her half an aspirin and a swallow from their one remaining bottle of water.
Devlin rarely took pain medicine, but he pulled some aspirin out of his drawer and took two with a sip of coffee before tossing the bottle into D.
What is the ideal amount of aspirin you should take to decrease arterial aging?
But the evidence that aspirin helps prevent cardiovascular disease just keeps growing: one well-controlled study, for instance, showed that taking aspirin regularly reduced the incidence of heart attack by 44 percent.
Taking 162 milligrams of aspirin a day can have the long-term effect of making you 2.
Just look at the stats: Taking 162 milligrams of aspirin a day can decrease the risk of getting colon cancer by 40 percent, the risk of breast cancer by 40 percent, and the risk of prostate cancer by 40 percent.
Take your aspirin after you drink half a glass of warm water and chase it with another half glass of warm water to promote faster breakup of the tablet.
He bathed Julia and put her in her pajamas, gave her another dose of aspirin, then held her for a while.
She returned with both the cough syrup and the baby aspirin, and knelt beside Brian while he turned Julia in his arms.