aminosalicylic acid

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English

Chemical structure of para‑aminosalicylic acid
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Etymology

From amino- +‎ salicylic acid.

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Noun

aminosalicylic acid (countable and uncountable, plural aminosalicylic acids)

  1. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of four isomeric derivatives C7H7NO3 of salicylic acid that have a single amino group.
  2. (pharmacology, uncountable) The white crystalline para-substituted isomer of aminosalicylic acid that is made synthetically and is used in the treatment of tuberculosis.

Coordinate terms

  • aminosalicylate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)

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