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aluminum acetylsalicylate (medicine)


aluminum acetylsalicylate -->
aluminum aspirin


An analgesic and antipyretic.

Synonym: aluminum acetylsalicylate.


troop(1) (iou)



troop noun. [tru:p] M16.
[French troupe back-form. from troupeau flock, herd, dim. of medieval Latin troppus herd, prob. of Germanic origin. In sense 5 perh. partly from TROOPER.]
An assembled company of people or animals, esp. of one kind; spec. (a) a body of soldiers; (b) a number of animals of one kind, esp. apes or monkeys, feeding or travelling together; (c) a great number (of); in pl., lots (of); (d) a company of performers; = TROUPE noun. M16.
Lytton In this troop..rode many of the best blood of Spain. L. M. Alcott A goodly troop of young and old set forth to church. R. Campbell A huge troop of baboons.
In pl.
a. Armed forces; soldiers collectively. L16.
F. Fitzgerald Fourteen thousand troops had sufficed to keep..Vietnam under French rule.
b. The members of a mob or gang collectively. US slang. M20.
Military.
a. A cavalry unit commanded by a captain. Also, a unit of artillery and armoured formation. L16.
K. Douglas He allotted me two tanks, as a troop.
b. The command of a cavalry troop. rare. E19.
Wellington There is a troop vacant for purchase in the regiment of Life Guards.
Military. A call to assemble given by a drum; the assembly. L17.
S. Judd Tony's beat of the troop was the signal for the soldiers to assemble.
A member of a troop of soldiers etc.; a soldier, a trooper. colloq. (chiefly Military). M19.
A company of Scouts comprising three or more patrols. E20.
Comb.: troop-carrier a large aircraft or armoured vehicle for transporting troops; troop-carrying adjective (of an aircraft) for transporting troops; troop-horse (a) a cavalry horse; (b) horsemen for a troop collectively; troop-ship a ship for transporting troops.