hydrochloric acid

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noun

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

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Origin of hydrochloric acid

First recorded in 1825–35

Words nearby hydrochloric acid

hydrocellulose, hydrocephalic, hydrocephaloid, hydrocephalus, hydrochloric, hydrochloric acid, hydrochloride, hydrochlorothiazide, hydrocinnamic acid, hydrocinnamic aldehyde, hydrocodone

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How to use hydrochloric acid in a sentence

The reason Tums work so well is because their main ingredient, calcium carbonate is basic and when exposed to the hydrochloric acid in your stomach, the carbonate group binds to the hydrogen.
What happens if you eat too many Tums?|Claire Maldarelli|December 5, 2021|Popular-Science
(b) Diseases of the stomach associated with deficient hydrochloric acid, as chronic gastritis and gastric cancer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Diminished hydrochloric acid favors intestinal putrefaction.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
They are dissolved by strong hydrochloric acid, and recrystallize as octahedra upon addition of ammonia.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

Hydrochloric acid, which is thus loosely combined with proteids, is called "combined" hydrochloric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Pepsin is rarely or never absent in the presence of free hydrochloric acid.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd

British Dictionary definitions for hydrochloric acid

hydrochloric acid

/ (ˌhaɪdrəˈklɒrɪk) /

noun

the colourless or slightly yellow aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride: a strong acid used in many industrial and laboratory processesFormerly called: muriatic acid

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Scientific definitions for hydrochloric 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