Hypochlorous is a word used to describe a type of chemical that contains chlorine. It is often used to clean and disinfect things because it can kill bacteria and viruses. Full definition
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)