CHLOROFORM DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
chloroform n 1: a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic; "chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic" [syn: chloroform, trichloromethane] v 1: anesthetize with chloroform; "Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them" Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary chloroform Chloroform is a colourless liquid with a strong sweet smell, which makes you unconscious if you breathe its vapour. N-UNCOUNT English Explanatory Dictionary chloroform ˈklɔrəfɔ:m n. & v. --n. a colourless volatile sweet-smelling liquid used as a solvent and formerly used as a general anaesthetic. °Chem. formula: CHCl[3]. --v.tr. render (a person) unconscious with this. [F chloroforme formed as CHLORO- + formyle: see FORMIC (ACID)] The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907) Chloroform a limpid, volatile liquid, in extensive use as an anæsthetic; produced by treating alcohol with chloride of lime. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chloroform \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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Chloroform \Chlo"ro*form\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chloroformed; p. pr. & vb. n. Chloroforming.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 73 Moby Thesaurus words for "chloroform": KO, Pentothal, 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, launch into eternity, lay out, liquidate, lynch, make away with, martyr, martyrize, menthol, narcotize, nitrous oxide, numb, obtund, palsy, paralyze, poison, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, remove from life, sacrifice, slay, starve, stun, stupefy, take life, take off |
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