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1. (n.) chloroform
a colorless volatile liquid, CHCl
2. (v.t.) chloroform
to administer chloroform to, esp. in order to anesthetize, make unconscious, or kill.
Etymology: (1830–40; chloro -2+form (yl ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) chloroform, trichloromethane
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
"chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic"
2. (verb) chloroform
anesthetize with chloroform
"Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) chloroform
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 anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain
2. (verb) chloroform
to treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. chloroform
a limpid, volatile liquid, in extensive use as an anæsthetic; produced by treating alcohol with chloride of lime.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. chloroform
A commonly used laboratory solvent. It was previously used as an anesthetic, but was banned from use in the U.S. due to its suspected carcinogenicity.
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Sense: a liquid, the vapour of which, when breathed in, causes unconsciousness.
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 Afrikaans: chloroform |
 Arabic: سائِل الكلوروفورم |
 Bulgarian: хлороформ |
 Brazilian: clorofórmio |
 Czech: chloroform |
 German: das Chloroform |
 Danish: kloroform |
 Greek: χλωροφόρμιο |
 Spanish: cloroformo |
 Estonian: kloroform |
 Farsi: کلرو فرم |
 Finnish: kloroformi |
 French: chloroforme |
 Hebrew: כְלוֹרוֹפוֹרם |
 Hindi: बेसुध करने की औषधि, क्लोर |
 Croatian: kloroform |
 Hungarian: kloroform |
 Indonesian: kloroform |
 Icelandic: klóróform |
 Italian: cloroformio |
 Japanese: クロロホルム |
 Korean: 클로로포름 |
 Lithuanian: chloroformas |
 Latvian: hloroforms |
 Malay: klorofom |
 Dutch: chloroform |
 Norwegian: kloroform |
 Polish: chloroform |
 Persian: کلرو فرم |
 Pashto: كلوروفارم، بې نګه درنه ما |
 Portuguese: clorofórmio |
 Romanian: cloroform |
 Russian: хлороформ |
 Slovak: chloroform |
 Slovenian: kloroform |
 Serbian: hloroform |
 Swedish: kloroform |
 Thai: คลอโรฟอร์ม |
 Turkish: kloroform |
 Taiwanese: 氯仿 |
 Ukrainian: хлороформ |
 Urdu: بیہوش کرنے والی دوا ، کلو |
 Vietnamese: clorofom |
 Chinese: 氯仿 |
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