noun
a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic
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chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic
• Syn: ↑chloroform
• Derivationally related forms: ↑chloroform (for: ↑chloroform)
• Hypernyms: ↑haloform, ↑inhalation anesthetic, ↑inhalation anaesthetic, ↑inhalation general anesthetic, ↑inhalation general anaesthetic
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\(|)trī|klōr(ˌ)ō, -ȯ(ˌ)rō+\ nounEtymology: International Scientific Vocabulary trichlor- + methane
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/truy klawr'oh meth"ayn, -klohr'-/, n. Chem.
chloroform (def. 1).
[1910-15; TRI- + CHLORO-2 + METHANE]
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trichloromēˈthane noun
Chloroform
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Main Entry: ↑trichloro-
Useful english dictionary. 2012.