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# aspirin

noun (aspirin — uncountable; an aspirin, aspirins — a tablet)

«aspirin» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Aspirin is a medicine that reduces pain, fever and swelling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#m1)
2. An aspirin is one tablet of this medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health and safety lessons, medicines are only taken when a parent, doctor or nurse gives them, and in the right amount. Aspirin is usually NOT given to children under 16, because it can cause a rare but serious illness (Reye's syndrome); children are usually given other medicines like paracetamol (acetaminophen in the USA) instead. Its first form came from willow bark. Phrases: «take an aspirin», «a packet of aspirin».

### Examples

- Grandpa takes an aspirin every day because his doctor told him to. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x1)
- Aspirin is not usually given to children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x2)
- Never take medicine without asking an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x3)
- Keep aspirin and other pills out of reach of little children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x4)
- Long ago people chewed willow bark, which contains a chemical like aspirin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x5)
- She took two aspirins for her headache. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x6)
- Medicines must stay in a locked cupboard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x7)
- Read the label before taking any aspirin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x8)

### Note

As a medicine, uncountable («some aspirin»); one tablet is «an aspirin». Medicine is not a sweet, even if it looks like one. Do not take an adult's medicine. Spelling: as-pi-rin, with one «p» and one «r».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «aspirin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«aspirin» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/aspirin.html) on Mova free.