hydrochloride

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noun

A compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic base such as an amine.

Less commonScrabble 26

Meanings

nounhydrochloride (plural hydrochlorides)

plural hydrochlorides

  1. 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 84
    1 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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  6. Englishhydro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  9. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  10. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  11. Englishchlor(ine)
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  13. Englishchloride
  14. Englishhydrochloride

From hydro- + chloride.

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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
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APA

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Chicago

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