enteric-coated aspirin

1. 1.

   aspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestines

   Broaderaspirin

Questions about enteric-coated aspirin

What does enteric-coated aspirin mean?

enteric-coated aspirin means "aspirin that is treated to pass through the stomach unaltered and to dissolve in the intestines".

Is enteric-coated aspirin a common word?

enteric-coated aspirin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.