aspirin

«aspirin» in Mova's school dictionary: a medicine that reduces pain, fever and swelling — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) Aspirin is a medicine that reduces pain, fever and swelling. tree →

2) An aspirin is one tablet of this medicine. tree →

sense 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 →
• Aspirin is not usually given to children. tree →
• Never take medicine without asking an adult. tree →
• Keep aspirin and other pills out of reach of little children. tree →
• Long ago people chewed willow bark, which contains a chemical like aspirin. tree →
• She took two aspirins for her headache. tree →
• Medicines must stay in a locked cupboard. tree →
• Read the label before taking any aspirin. tree →

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».

In the corpora

• Aspirin should not be given to children under 16 unless a doctor says, because it can cause Reye's syndrome.
• Paracetamol and ibuprofen are both safe for most children at the right dose; aspirin is not given to children under 16.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «aspirin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.