hydrochloride
- noun
- /ˌhaɪdrəˈklɔːraɪd/
- Specialized
- The prescription medication includes oxycodone hydrochloride to manage severe pain.
- cocaine hydrochloride
- bupropion hydrochloride
- mefloquine hydrochloride
They were selling weed on the streets, and Medellin showed them how to gather the coca paste and create the cocaine hydrochloride.
- They were selling weed on the streets, and Medellin showed them how to gather the coca paste and create the cocaine hydrochloride.
Examples
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The generic names for Vicodin and OxyContin are hydrocodone and oxycodone hydrochloride, respectively.
Academic text (2008) -
I want you to look up naltrexone and hydrochloride.
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And it has lidocaine hydrochloride in it, which is an external analgesic.
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Ritalin is the trademark name for methylphenidate hydrochloride, or MPH.
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"The over-the-counter sedatives contain diphenhydramine hydrochloride, which generally isn't that harmful.
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There appears to be no difference between antimuscarinics such as mebeverine hydrochloride and smooth muscle relaxants such as alverine citrate.
Academic text (2012) -
Alcaine (0.5%) (proxymetacaine hydrochloride; Alcon Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Puurs, Belgium) was applied for local anesthesia.
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The topical cream contains diphenhydramine hydrochloride, which helps relieve itching.
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Patients often receive mefloquine hydrochloride to prevent malaria when traveling.
Compounds
- Specialized
A medicine made in a lab that treats heroin or morphine addiction by reducing withdrawal symptoms
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A medicine that treats depression and anxiety and can make you feel sleepy and have a dry mouth
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A medicine for depression and some nerve pain that can cause serious side effects and mix with other medicines
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A medicine that treats depression and some anxiety by changing chemicals in the brain
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A medicine that lowers high blood pressure by blocking some heart and blood vessel signals
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A medicine that prevents and treats nausea, vomiting, and dizziness from motion sickness or vertigo
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A medicine used to prevent and treat malaria that can cause sleep or mood problems
A man-made medicine that helps people with heroin addiction by reducing withdrawal symptoms
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A medicine that calms anxiety and prevents motion sickness
A strong pain medicine used for severe pain when other medicines do not help
A medicine that makes people and animals sleep or calm during surgery, sometimes used illegally for hallucinations
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A medicine given in low doses that works quickly to reduce severe depression when other treatments fail
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A white medicine injected to numb a small area before treatment
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A medicine that reduces mild to moderate pain and can be addictive
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A yellow antibiotic medicine used to treat bacterial infections
A man-made drug used by vets to put animals to sleep and sometimes used illegally to cause hallucinations
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A drug used to make part of the body not feel anything during surgery
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A tablet medicine that treats depression and helps you sleep
Surface Forms
Morphology
hydrochloride = chloride (opaque) = hydro + chlor + ide
This is a specialized chemical term whose meaning is not recoverable for an average B1 learner from the visible parts alone.
Etymology
Hydrochloride comes from the parts hydro- meaning 'water' and chloride (from the element chlorine), so it names a drug form made with hydrochloric acid to help the medicine dissolve in water and be absorbed.