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Definitions of hydrochloric acid
Definition that contains hydrochloric acid
  • chloride any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
  • pepsinogen precursor of pepsin; stored in the stomach walls and converted to pepsin by hydrochloric acid in the stomach
  • nitrohydrochloric acid a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
  • achlorhydric lacking hydrochloric acid
  • gastric acid digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
  • achlorhydria an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach
  • gastric juice digestive secretions of the stomach glands consisting chiefly of hydrochloric acid and mucin and the enzymes pepsin and rennin and lipase
  • muriatic acid a former name for hydrochloric acid
  • aqua regia a yellow fuming corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acid that dissolves metals (including gold)
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