salicylic, a. Chem.
(sælɪˈsɪlɪk)
Earlier saliculic.
[f. salicyl + -ic.]
1. Chem. Belonging to a group of benzene derivatives obtainable from salicin; esp. in salicylic acid, a white crystalline substance, prepared commercially from sodium phenol, and much used as an antiseptic and in the treatment of rheumatism.
| 1840 Turner's Elem. Chem. (ed. 6) iii. 857 Saliculic Acid. Discovered by Piria. 1842 T. Graham Elem. Chem. 874 The salicylic acid is liberated by adding an excess of hydrochloric acid. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. (1862) III. 560 Salicylic Series. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. xxxix. 388 Salicylic group. The members of this group are closely connected with the benzyl and benzoyl series. 1881 Athenæum 4 June 754 The use of salicylic acid as a disinfectant. |
2. Therapeutics. Made from, impregnated with, or involving the use of, salicylic acid.
| 1876 Trans. Clinical Soc. IX. 10 On the eleventh day the salicylic ointment was employed. 1880 MacCormac Antisept. Surg. 215 The inguinal regions..should be well padded with salicylic wool. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. III. 57 As a rule such articular pains yield rapidly to salicylic treatment. |