achlorhydricadj.
/ˌeɪklɔːˈhʌɪdrɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪklɔrˈhaɪdrɪk/ Medicine.
Lacking hydrochloric acid; affected by or associated with achlorhydria.
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achylous1878
hyperchlorhydric1903
achlorhydric1907
hypochlorhydric1921
1907 A. Bernheim tr. I. Boas Dis. Stomach 578 They are found in stagnant, achlorhydric gastric contents containing lactic acid.
1930 Guy's Hosp. Rep. 80 253 Simple achlorhydric anæmia is a form of anæmia which is not uncommon in women and occasionally occurs in men.
1943 H. L. Bockus Gastro-Enterol. I. xx. 247 Knud Faber..claims to have found microscopic evidence of gastritis in all achlorhydric stomachs which were properly fixed at death.
1976 Lancet 25 Dec. 1369/1 Recurrent ulcers in an achlorhydric patient are very rare.
1996 Cancer Causes & Control 7 49/1 Nitrate..is reduced to nitrite by many bacterial species harboring in the mouth and achlorhydric stomach.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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