| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at hydro- +...- noun
Etymology: hydrochloric International Scientific Vocabulary hydr- + chloric
: a strong corrosive irritating liquid acid HCl that is formed by solution of hydrogen chloride in water and is normally present in dilute form in gastric juice, that is usually made by the action of sulfuric acid on salt, and that is widely used in industry (as for pickling metals) and in the laboratory — called also muriatic acid