Definition of Hydrochloride

1. Noun. A complex consisting of an organic base in association with hydrogen chloride.

Generic synonyms: Complex, Coordination Compound

Definition of Hydrochloride

1. n. A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base.

Definition of Hydrochloride

1. Noun. (chemistry) A compound of hydrochloric acid with an organic base such as an amine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrochloride

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hydrochloride

1. A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrochloride

hydrocephaloid
hydrocephalous
hydrocephalus ex vacuo
hydrocephaluses
hydrocephaly
hydrocerussite
hydrochemical
hydrochemistry
hydrochlorate
hydrochlorates
hydrochlorborite
hydrochloric
hydrochloric acid
hydrochloric acids
hydrochloride (current term)
hydrochlorides
hydrochlorination
hydrochlorofluorocarbon
hydrochlorofluorocarbons
hydrochlorothiazide
hydrochlorothiazides
hydrocholecystis
hydrocholeresis
hydrocholeretic
hydrocholeretics
hydrochoric
hydrochory
hydrochronic
hydrocinnamic

Literary usage of Hydrochloride

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"The method of isolation of glutamic acid as hydrochloride was introduced by ... The glutamic acid hydrochloride is filtered off after adding an equal volume ..."

2. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"The British Pharmacopoeia, 1914, gives the following modified Kerner test for quinine hydrochloride. " 2 grm. are dissolved in a warm mortar in 20 cc of ..."

3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1904)
"No crystals of the hydrochloride were visible. Accordingly, on December 3rd ... To it was added a single clean crystal of the aminoazobenzene hydrochloride. ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"Nuth records that the free base turns red on standing in the air, and we notice that the red hydrochloride has a tendency to grow lighter in color. ..."

5. Therapeutic Gazette (1912)
"When all is ready, an applicator, armed with a tightly wound pledget of cotton, is saturated with 20-per-cent cocaine hydrochloride solution and applied ..."

6. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"42.8-3.8°; hydrochloride, begins to decomp. 200°, cakes and turns yellow but ... H2O, cryst., unchanged at 360°; hydrochloride, powder, evolves HC1 at 150° ..."

7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"... hydrochloride to the ulcerations of the mucous membrane by means of a cotton swab. The mouth is then rinsed with a 2 per cent, solution of potassium ..."

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