Meaning of CHLORIDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'klowrId
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- [n] any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
- [n] any compound containing a chlorine atom
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| | See Also: | | aluminium chloride, aluminum chloride, bichloride, calomel, chemical compound, compound, dichloride, halide, hemin, Kaochlor, K-lor, Klorvess, K-lyte, mercurous chloride, methylene chloride, potassium chloride, protohemin, silver chloride, stannic chloride, trichloride | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Chlo"ride\, n. (Chem.)
A binary compound of chlorine with another element or
radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt).
{Chloride of ammonium}, sal ammoniac.
{Chloride of lime}, bleaching powder; a grayish white
substance, {CaOCl2}, used in bleaching and disinfecting;
-- called more properly {calcium hypochlorite}. See
{Hypochlorous acid}, under {Hypochlorous}.
{Mercuric chloride}, corrosive sublimate.
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| | Definition: | | This is a serum electrolyte; normal value is 95 - 107 mmol/L. Sweat chloride is measured for the diagnosis of cystic fibrosis; normal value of sweat chloride is 4 - 60 mmol/L. Elevated sweat chloride coupled with clinical picture is diagnostic of this condition. |
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