About The Word Chloroform
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Chloroform
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What's The Definition Of Chloroform?
[n] a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"
[v] anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them" Synonyms | Synonyms for Chloroform: trichloromethane Related Terms | Find terms related to Chloroform: anesthetize | annihilate | bedaze | benumb | bereave of life | besot | blunt | carry away | carry off | cocaine | coldcock | cut down | cut off | deaden | deprive of life | desensitize | destroy | dispatch | dispose of | do away with | do for | do to death | dope | drug | dull | end | ether | etherize | ethyl chloride | ethylene | execute | exterminate | finish | finish off | freeze | gas | immolate | kayo | kill | knock out | knock senseless | knock stiff | knock unconscious | KO | launch into eternity | lay out | liquidate | lynch | make away with | martyr | martyrize | menthol | narcotize | nitrous oxide | numb | obtund | palsy | paralyze | Pentothal | poison | purge | put away | put down | put to death | put to sleep | remove from life | sacrifice | slay | starve | stun | stupefy | take life | take off See Also | anaesthetise | anaesthetize | anesthetise | anesthetize | haloform | inhalation anaesthetic | inhalation anesthetic | inhalation general anaesthetic | inhalation general anesthetic | put out | put to sleep | put under Chloroform In Webster's Dictionary \Chlo"ro*form\, n. [Chlorine + formyl, it having been
regarded as a trichloride of this radical: cf. F.
chloroforme, G. chloroform.] (Chem.)
A colorless volatile liquid, {CHCl3}, having an ethereal odor
and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with
chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax,
resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce an[ae]sthesia
in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.
\Chlo"ro*form\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chloroformed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chloroforming}.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. |
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