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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#m1)

2) An aspirin is one tablet of this medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x1)
- Aspirin is not usually given to children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x2)
- Never take medicine without asking an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x3)
- Keep aspirin and other pills out of reach of little children. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x5)
- She took two aspirins for her headache. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x6)
- Medicines must stay in a locked cupboard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/#x7)
- Read the label before taking any aspirin. [tree →](https://md.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».

### In the corpora

- [Aspirin should not be given to children under 16 unless a doctor says, because it can cause Reye's syndrome.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/6/)
- [Paracetamol and ibuprofen are both safe for most children at the right dose; aspirin is not given to children under 16.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/8-fever/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «aspirin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/aspirin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.