hydrochloric acid

noun

a colorless or faintly yellow, corrosive, fuming liquid, HCl, used chiefly in chemical and industrial processes.

hydrochloric acid

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈklɒrɪk /

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

First recorded in 1825–35

(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.

Diminished hydrochloric acid favors intestinal putrefaction.

They are dissolved by strong hydrochloric acid, and recrystallize as octahedra upon addition of ammonia.

Hydrochloric acid, which is thus loosely combined with proteids, is called "combined" hydrochloric acid.

Pepsin is rarely or never absent in the presence of free hydrochloric acid.

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