HYDROXIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydroxide mean? 

• HYDROXIDE (noun)
  The noun HYDROXIDE has 2 senses:

1. a compound of an oxide with water

2. a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group

  Familiarity information: HYDROXIDE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROXIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound of an oxide with water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

hydrated oxide; hydroxide

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

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hydroxide"):

aluminium hydroxide; aluminum hydroxide; hydrated aluminium oxide; hydrated aluminum oxide (white crystalline compound that occurs naturally as the mineral gibbsite)

calcium hydrate; calcium hydroxide; caustic lime; hydrated lime; lime; lime hydrate; slaked lime (a caustic substance produced by heating limestone)

magnesium hydroxide (a white crystalline powder used chiefly in medicines)

caustic potash; potash; potassium hydroxide (a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry)

caustic soda; sodium hydroxide (a strongly alkaline caustic used in manufacturing soap and paper and aluminum and various sodium compounds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

chemical compound; compound ((chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight)

 Context examples 

Nickel hydroxide is a known carcinogen and is associated with an increased risk of developing lung and nasal cancers.

(Nickel Hydroxide, NCI Thesaurus)

A sterile aqueous complex of polynuclear iron (III)-hydroxide in sucrose for intravenous use.

(Iron Sucrose Injection, NCI Thesaurus)

Xanthates are produced when alcohol reacts with sodium or potassium hydroxide and carbon disulphide.

(Watermelon rind a cheap filter for arsenic in groundwater, SciDev.Net)

Magnesium combines with water to form magnesium hydroxide which reacts chemically to neutralize or buffer existing quantities of stomach acid; stomach-content and intra-esophageal pH rise, resulting in a decrease in pepsin activity.

(Magnesium Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)

An example of a base is sodium hydroxide.

(Base, NCI Dictionary)

The exact composition of Cancell/Entelev is unknown, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has listed the components as inositol, nitric acid, sodium sulfite, potassium hydroxide, sulfuric acid, and catechol.

(Cancell, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a sodium or calcium salt of [4-(alpha-(4-diethylaminophenyl)-5-hydroxy- 2,4-disulfophenyl-methylidene)-2,5-cyclohexadien-1-ylidene] diethylammonium hydroxide inner salt.

(Patent Blue V Dye, NCI Thesaurus)

A commercial combination preparation, by Johnson & Johnson-Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals, containing the antacids aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide.

(Mylanta, NCI Thesaurus)

A solution of magnesium hydroxide with antacid and laxative properties.

(Magnesium Hydroxide, NCI Thesaurus)

An oral suspension containing magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide and simethicone with antacid activity.

(Magnesium Hydroxide/Aluminum Hydroxide/Simethicone Suspension, NCI Thesaurus)