Meanings
plural hydrochlorides
- chemistryA compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic base such as an amine.
In contrast, a water-repellent substance, for example, fluoric resin or Teflon, is extremely nonaffinitive with the oily oxime hydrochlorides and has a nature to repel it.
1969, B. Albertson, Photochemical Processes, page 841 more example
After 15, 30, 60 or 90 days, the animals (n = 5 per time point for each subgroup) were sacrificed via an overdose of ketamine and xylazine hydrochloride (Vetbrands Brazil Limited, Jacareí, SP), and the hemimaxillae were removed and fixed in 10% formalin solution (Fig 1).
2015 August 14, “Green Tea Modulates Cytokine Expression in the Periodontium and Attenuates Alveolar Bone Resorption in Type 1 Diabetic Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wed-
- Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
- Proto-Hellenic*údōr
- Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
- Englishhydro-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
- Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
- Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
- Englishchlor(ine)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Englishchloride
- Englishhydrochloride
Translations
French chlorhydrate
- chlorhydrateany salt of an organic base and hydrochloric acid
German Hydrochlorid
- Hydrochloridany salt of an organic base and hydrochloric acid
Italian cloridrato
- cloridratoany salt of an organic base and hydrochloric acid
Polish chlorowodorek
- chlorowodorekany salt of an organic base and hydrochloric acid
Portuguese cloridrato
- cloridratoany salt of an organic base and hydrochloric acid
Turkish hidroklorür
- hidroklorürany salt of an organic base and hydrochloric acid
Cite this entry
hydrochloride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrochloride
“hydrochloride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrochloride. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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