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Hydrochloric acid

Hydrochloric acid

(Science: chemical) hydrochloric acid. Solutions of hydrogen chloride gas in water. It is a highly corrosive, strong mineral acid commonly used as a laboratory reagent. It is present endogenously as the acid component of gastric juice (hydrochloric acid, gastric see gastric acid).

chemical name: hydrochloric acid


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