CHLORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chloride mean? 

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

1. any compound containing a chlorine atom

2. any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

  Familiarity information: CHLORIDE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHLORIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any compound containing a chlorine atom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("chloride" 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 "chloride"):

calomel; mercurous chloride (a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a cathartic)

trichloride (any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each molecule)

bichloride; dichloride (a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule)

perchloride (a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of chlorine)

aluminium chloride; aluminum chloride (a chloride used as a wood preservative or catalyst)

dichloromethane; methylene chloride (a nonflammable liquid used as a solvent and paint remover and refrigerant)

obidoxime chloride (a chloride used as an antidote for nerve gases such as sarin or VX)

silver chloride (a chloride used chiefly in the manufacture of photographic emulsions)

stannic chloride (a colorless caustic liquid made by treating tin with chlorine)

hemin; protohemin (a reddish-brown chloride of heme; produced from hemoglobin in laboratory tests for the presence of blood)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

halide (a salt of any halogen acid)

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

K-Dur 20; K-lor; K-lyte; Kaochlor; Klorvess; potash muriate; potassium chloride; potassium muriate (salt of potassium (KCl) (trade names K-Dur 20, Kaochlor and K-lor and Klorvess and K-lyte); taken in tablet form to treat potassium deficiency)

 Context examples 

Beryllium chloride is mainly used to produce beryllium metal, but is also used as an acid catalyst in organic reactions.

(Beryllium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Cadmium chloride is a known carcinogen and is associated with an elevated risk of developing lung cancer.

(Cadmium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The chloride salt form of methacholine, a direct-acting cholinergic muscarinic agonist with bronchoconstrictive, miotic, vasodilator, and cardiac vagomimetic activity.

(Methacholine Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Azosemide inhibits sodium and chloride reabsorption throughout the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle.

(Azosemide, NCI Thesaurus)

The tetrahydrate and chloride salt form of ambenonium, a bisquaternary ammonium alcohol with parasympathomimetic activity.

(Ambenonium Chloride Tetrahydrate, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an increase in chloride ion conductance, neuronal hyperpolarization, inhibition of the action potential and leads to a decrease in neuronal excitability.

(Alprazolam, NCI Thesaurus)

The chloride salt form of ambenonium, a quaternary ammonium compound with parasympathomimetic activity.

(Ambenonium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Similar to the thiazides, metolazone acts on the distal convoluted tubule (DCT) and inhibits the sodium-chloride symporter, thereby preventing sodium and chloride reabsorption and excretion of water.

(Metolazone, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an increase in the opening of chloride channels, membrane hyperpolarization and increases the inhibitory effect of GABA in the CNS.

(Midazolam, NCI Thesaurus)

Oxybutynin chloride exerts its antimuscarinic effect on bladder smooth muscle by blocking muscarinic receptors in smooth muscle, thereby inhibiting acetylcholine binding.

(Oxybutynin Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)