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Hydrochloric Acid
Medical Definition: | 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. | |
Guide Notes: | HCl; not for gastric HCl ( = GASTRIC ACID); /analogs = CHLORIDES or specific chloride; = "chlorhydrate" in foreign texts: translate as "hydrochloric acid", not "chlorhydrate" | |
Also Called: | Hydrogen Chloride | |
CAS Type 1 Name: | CAS Number: | 7647-01-0 |
Hydrochloric Acid Medical Definitions and Terms
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