The common chemical name for aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid. Its systematic name is 2-(acetyloxy) benzoic acid. This is the information according to Wikipedia and does accurately describe the ACTIVE ingredient in a bottle of Bayer aspirin.
load (plural loads) A burden; a weight to be carried. I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack. (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Viral load. Viral load, also known as viral burden or viral titer, is a measure of the severity of a viral infection, and can be calculated by estimating the amount of virus in an involved body fluid. For example, it can be given in RNA copies per milliliter of blood plasma.