A salt of hypochlorous acid.
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hy·po·chlo·rite .hī-pə-'klō(ə)r-.īt, -'klȯ(ə)r- n a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
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hy·po·chlo·rite (hi″po-klorґīt) [hypo- + chlorite] any salt of hypochlorous acid; used as a medicinal agent, particularly as a diluted solution of sodium hypochlorite. See sodium hypochlorite solution, under solution.Medical dictionary. 2011.