English noun: St. Joseph |
1. | St. Joseph (location) a town in northwest Missouri on the Missouri River; in the 19th century it became the eastern terminus of the pony express |
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| Synonyms | Saint Joseph |
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| Instance hypernym | town |
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| Part meronym | Missouri, MO, Show Me State |
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2. | St. Joseph (artifact) the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets |
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| Synonyms | acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin, Bayer, Empirin |
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| Broader (hypernym) | analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller, salicylate |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aspirin powder, buffered aspirin, Bufferin, enteric-coated aspirin, headache powder |
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| Substance holonym | 2-hydroxybenzoic acid, salicylic acid |
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