Chloride - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Chloride : (noun)
1: any compound containing a chlorine atom
2: any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)

Based on WordNet 2.0

Chloride : \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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Chloride : Chloride: The major anion (negatively charged substance) in the blood and extracellular fluid (the body fluid that lies outside cells). Blood and other body fluids have almost the same concentration of chloride ion as sea water. The balance of chloride ion (Cl^-) is closely regulated by the body. Significant increases or decreases in chloride can have deleterious and even fatal consequences:

Hyperchloremia: Abnormally high blood chloride. Elevations in chloride may be seen in diarrhea , certain kidney diseases, and sometimes in overactivity of the parathyroid glands.
Hypochloremia: Abnormally low blood chloride. Chloride is normally lost in the urine, sweat, and stomach secretions. Excessive loss can occur from heavy sweating, vomiting, and adrenal gland and kidney disease.

The normal serum range for chloride is 98 - 108 mmol/L.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Chloride
	johnfbraun: @sbrews my point exactly. i find a little magnesium Chloride does wonders.
	stewbrown: Good ol sodium Chloride saves the day again!
	manzano_moon: @GraveStomper Chloride was a silver mining town w/more whore houses than churches! Not many old gravestones there though.

Chloride - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Chloride