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aspirin

/ˈæsprɪn/noun

उच्चारण ऐस्प्रिन

एस्पिरिन

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [U, C]

    a drug used to reduce pain, fever and swelling

    एस्पिरिन

    • take an aspirin
    • The doctor told him to take an aspirin for the fever.
    • Aspirin can upset the stomach if you take it without food.
    + 1 more example
    • She keeps a packet of aspirin in her bag for headaches.

    Synonyms painkiller analgesic

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

aspirin (countable and uncountable)

Use a/an aspirin or two aspirins for tablets; use aspirin without an article for the medicine in general. The same pattern is used for other tablets, such as a paracetamol or an antacid.

गोलियों के लिए 'an aspirin' या 'two aspirins' और दवा के सामान्य अर्थ में बिना article के 'aspirin' का प्रयोग होता है। यही pattern अन्य गोलियों के लिए भी आता है, जैसे a paracetamol या an antacid।

  • Take two aspirins after food.
  • Aspirin can reduce fever.

take / give + aspirin + for + problem

Use for to name the problem the medicine treats.

दवा किस समस्या के लिए है, यह बताने के लिए 'for' आता है।

  • She took an aspirin for her headache.

aspirin + noun

It can stand before another noun in medical contexts.

चिकित्सा संदर्भ में यह दूसरे noun से पहले आ सकता है।

  • The doctor advised a low-dose aspirin tablet.

aspirin + for + purpose / against + illness

Use for with the problem treated or the aim: aspirin for pain, aspirin for the heart.

जिस समस्या या उद्देश्य के लिए दवा ली जाए, उसके साथ 'for' आता है: aspirin for pain, aspirin for the heart।

  • Many adults take a small aspirin daily for the heart.

a tablet of aspirin / a dose of aspirin

Measure it with tablet, dose, strip, pill or milligram. A tablet is countable but aspirin as a drug is not.

इसे tablet, dose, strip, pill या milligram से नापें। Tablet countable है पर दवा के रूप में aspirin नहीं।

  • Take a tablet of aspirin with water.
  • The standard dose is 300 milligrams.
+Collocations 6

verb + aspirin

takeswallowgiveprescribedissolve

  • Dissolve the aspirin in water before drinking.

aspirin + noun

tabletdoseallergybottle

  • He keeps an aspirin tablet in his bag.

aspirin + for

a headachea feverpaina toothache

  • Aspirin is often taken for a headache.

be allergic / sensitive to + aspirin

allergic tosensitive toreact tointolerant of

  • He is allergic to aspirin, so he takes paracetamol.

aspirin + side-effect words

stomach upsetbleedingulcerrash

  • Aspirin on an empty stomach can cause upset.

aspirin + medical advice words

doctor's adviceprescriptiondosagewarning

  • Follow the dosage on the label and never exceed it.
“More examples 6
  • Radhika took an aspirin and rested.

राधिका ने एक aspirin ली और आराम किया।

  • Never give aspirin to young children without a doctor's advice.

डॉक्टर की सलाह के बिना छोटे बच्चों को कभी aspirin न दें।

  • The pharmacist sold me a strip of aspirin.

दवा-विक्रेता ने मुझे aspirin की एक पट्टी बेची।

  • Aspirin should be taken after food.

Aspirin भोजन के बाद लेनी चाहिए।

  • His doctor told him to take a daily aspirin.

उसके डॉक्टर ने उसे रोज़ एक aspirin लेने को कहा।

  • Aspirin is also used in low doses to thin the blood.

Aspirin का कम मात्रा में रक्त पतला करने के लिए भी प्रयोग होता है।

≈Synonyms and antonyms
✓In the exam

General knowledge

Science: aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid.

विज्ञान में aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid है।