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hydrochloric acid
noun
- a colorless or faintly yellow, corrosive, fuming liquid, HCl, used chiefly in chemical and industrial processes.
hydrochloric acid
/ ˌhaɪdrəˈklɒrɪk /
noun
- the colourless or slightly yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride: a strong acid used in many industrial and laboratory processes Formerly calledmuriatic acid
hydrochloric acid
/ hī′drə-klôr′ĭk /
- A solution of hydrogen chloride in water, forming a very strong, poisonous, corrosive acid with a sharp odor. It is used in food processing, metal cleaning, and dyeing. Small amounts of hydrochloric acid are also secreted by the stomachs of animals for digestion.
- Also called muriatic acid
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hydrochloric acid1
First recorded in 1825–35
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Example Sentences
(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
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Diminished hydrochloric acid favors intestinal putrefaction.
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They are dissolved by strong hydrochloric acid, and recrystallize as octahedra upon addition of ammonia.
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Hydrochloric acid, which is thus loosely combined with proteids, is called "combined" hydrochloric acid.
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Pepsin is rarely or never absent in the presence of free hydrochloric acid.
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