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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.
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- Hydrogen Chloride
- Muriatic Acid
- Acid, Hydrochloric
- Acid, Muriatic
- Chloride, Hydrogen
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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HCl; not for gastric HCl ( = GASTRIC ACID); /analogs = CHLORIDES or specific chloride; = "chlorhydrate" in foreign texts: translate as "hydrochloric acid", not "chlorhydrate"
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- National Library of Medicine. Hydrochloric Acid. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006851. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006851
- Hydrochloric Acid. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrochloric_acid
- Hydrochloric Acid. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2409