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  • Hydrochloric Acid

Hydrochloric Acid(Topical Term)

Preferred form: Hydrochloric Acid
Used for/see from:
  • n: Muriatic Acid
  • Hydrogen Chloride
  • n: Acid, Hydrochloric
  • n: Acid, Muriatic
  • n: Chloride, Hydrogen

HCl; not for gastric HCl ( = GASTRIC ACID); /analogs = CHLORIDES or specific chloride; = "chlorhydrate" in foreign texts: translate as "hydrochloric acid", not "chlorhydrate"

A strong corrosive acid that is commonly used as a laboratory reagent. It is formed by dissolving hydrogen chloride in water. GASTRIC ACID is the hydrochloric acid component of GASTRIC JUICE.

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