HYDROCHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrochloride mean? 

• HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)
  The noun HYDROCHLORIDE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: HYDROCHLORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROCHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("hydrochloride" is a kind of...):

complex; coordination compound (a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated)

 Context examples 

The hydrochloride salt of amantadine, a synthetic tricyclic amine with antiviral, antiparkinsonian, and antihyperalgesic activities.

(Amantadine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

It is also used with gemcitabine hydrochloride to treat pancreatic cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.

(ABI-007, NCI Dictionary)

Mefloquine hydrochloride is active against Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax.

(Mefloquine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of alphaprodine, a synthetic piperidine ester, with opioid analgesic activity.

(Alphaprodine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt form of alosetron, a potent and selective 5-HT3 receptor antagonist.

(Alosetron Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called acetyl-L-carnitine and acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride.

(ALCAR, NCI Dictionary)

The hydrochloride salt of alfentanil, a synthetic short-acting opioid with analgesic and local anesthesia enhancing activity.

(Alfentanil Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of alfuzosin, a quinazoline compound with smooth muscle-relaxing activity.

(Alfuzosin Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Memantine hydrochloride blocks the uptake of calcium by certain brain cells and decreases their activity.

(Memantine hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A hydrochloride salt form of memotine, an isoquinoline with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.

(Memotine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)