单词 | gentisic acid |
释义 | gentisic acid in American English (dʒɛnˈtɪsɪk) a crystalline, water-soluble acid, C6H3(OH)2COOH, whose sodium salt has been used in medicine as an analgesic Word origin < gentisin, pigment derived from gentian root < ModL Gentiana, gentian + trypsin + -icgentisic acid in American English (dʒenˈtɪsɪk, -ˈtɪz-) noun Pharmacology a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C7H6O4, used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic Word origin [1875–80; genti(an) + -s- connective + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cross-fertilization, knockabout, massage, neoclassic, slime mold-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)Examples of 'gentisic acid' in a sentence |
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