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From car(boxy) + -sal- (“salicylic acid derivative”) + am(ide).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From car(boxy) + -sal- (“salicylic acid derivative”) + am(ide).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.