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chloroform

DEFINITIONS OF: chloroform

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n a volatile liquid haloform (CHCl3); formerly used as an anesthetic

“chloroform was the first inhalation anesthetic”
Synonyms:
trichloromethane
Type of:
inhalation anaesthetic, inhalation anesthetic, inhalation general anaesthetic, inhalation general anesthetic
a gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled
haloform
compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom

v anesthetize with chloroform

“Doctors used to put people under by chloroforming them”
Type of:
anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under
administer an anesthetic drug to
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