Hypochlorous is an adjective that describes something containing or having a high concentration of hypochlorite ions, which are highly reactive and oxidizing agents.
Many Vetericyn products, including the company's Ear Rinse, contain hypochlorous acid as a main ingredient, which is an oxy chlorine compound, not bleach. (petbusiness.com)
In the absence of HCl, ClONO2 also reacts irreversibly with ice with a collision efficiency of ∼ 0.02 at 200 K; the product hypochlorous acid (HOCI) is released to the gas phase on a time scale of minutes. (science.sciencemag.org)
Hung says that to slay germs, the new technique employs various reactive agents — especially hypochlorous acid — that form from the salt's chlorine. (sciencenews.org)