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salicin|ˈsælɪsɪn| Also -ine. [ad. F. salicine (Leroux), f. L. salic-, salix willow: see -in1.] A bitter crystalline principle obtained from willow-bark, much used medicinally.
1830Philos. Mag. VIII. 304 Salicine, burnt with oxide of copper in a proper apparatus, yielded a gas entirely absorbable by potash. 1840Ibid. XVI. 210 Salicin is now..employed in medicine as a substitute for quinine. 1879St. George's Hosp. Rep. IX. 230 The power of salicin and salicylic acid in counteracting the rheumatic poison. attrib.1887Athenæum 26 Mar. 421/1 Salicine crystals. |