PHENYL SALICYLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phenyl salicylate mean? 

• PHENYL SALICYLATE (noun)
  The noun PHENYL SALICYLATE has 1 sense:

1. a white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release

  Familiarity information: PHENYL SALICYLATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHENYL SALICYLATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A white powder with a pleasant taste and odor; used to absorb light in sun tan lotions or as a preservative or an antiseptic or a coating for pills in which the medicine is intended for enteric release

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

phenyl salicylate; salol

Hypernyms ("phenyl salicylate" is a kind of...):

salicylate (a salt of salicylic acid (included in several commonly used drugs))