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HYPOCHLORITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hypochlorite mean?
• HYPOCHLORITE (noun)
The noun HYPOCHLORITE has 1 sense:
1. any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
Familiarity information: HYPOCHLORITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("hypochlorite" is a kind of...):
salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hypochlorite"):
calcium hypochlorite (any hypochlorite of calcium; used as a bleaching agent)
sodium hypochlorite (an unstable salt (NaOCl) used as a bleaching agent and disinfectant)
Context examples
A highly diluted solution of sodium hypochlorite (0.5% w/v) with topical anti-infective activity.
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