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hypochlorhydria

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: hypochlorhydria
(′hī·pō′klör′hī·drē·ə)

(medicine) Reduction in the hydrochloric acid content of gastric juice.


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Food and Nutrition: hypochlorhydria
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Partial deficiency of hydrochloric acid secretion in the gastric juice. See also achlorhydria; anaemia, pernicious.

Medical Dictionary: hy·po·chlor·hy·dri·a
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('pō-klôr-hī'drē-ə)
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An abnormally low level of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.

Veterinary Dictionary: hypochlorhydria
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Deficiency of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice.

 
 
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