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Definition of: salicin
(sal′ə·sin) noun Chem.
A white, crystalline, bitter glycoside, C13H18O7, contained in the bark of certain willows and poplars, and also made synthetically: used in medicine for rheumatism and as an antiperiodic. Also sal′i·cine (-sēn, -sin). [<F salicine <L salix, -icis a willow + F -ine -INE2]
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