chloraln.
/ˈklɔːrəl/, /ˈklɔːrl̩/, U.S. /ˈklɔrəl/ Chemistry.
A thin colourless oily liquid with a pungent odour, first obtained by Liebig by the action of chlorine upon alcohol; = trichloraldehyde (C Cl3·CHO). The name is applied popularly and commercially to chloral hydrate (C Cl3·CH ·2 OH), a white crystalline substance resulting from the combination of water with chloral, and much used as a hypnotic and anæsthetic.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > sedatives, antispasmodics, etc. > [noun] > hypnotic > specific drugs
codeine1833
codeia1834
chloral1838
paraldehyde1857
hypnone1886
chloralamide1889
sulphonal1889
uralium1889
ural1891
thymacetin1892
chloralose1893
chloretone1899
hedonal1900
veronal1903
Medinal1908
barbitone1914
barbital1919
Sedormid1928
benzodiazepine1934
hexobarbital1941
hexobarbitone1941
glutethimide1955
Placidyl1955
Mogadon1956
chlordiazepoxide1960
nitrazepam1965
flurazepam1968
medazepam1968
lorazepam1969
Rohypnol1971
flunitrazepam1973
triazolam1973
methapyrilene1974
Halcion1975
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > anaesthetic > [noun] > general > specific drugs
common ether1675
laughing gas1819
chloral1838
chloroform1838
urethane1838
ether1847
letheon1847
kerosolene1861
gas1868
pental1891
tubocurarine1898
chloretone1899
hedonal1900
Avertin1927
Evipan1932
Pentothal1935
Trilene1935
hexobarbitone sodium1941
hexobarbitone soluble1941
thiopentone1945
thiopental sodium1947
fluothane1955
halothane1957
methohexital sodium1958
phencyclidine1959
methohexitone1961
hexobarbitone1962
propanidid1964
etorphine1966
enflurane1971
sodium methohexital1978
1831 Liebig in Annales de Chimie XLIX. 155 Dans la complète décomposition de l'alcool, le chlore en sépare l'hydrogène et le remplace. Il se forme une combinaison..que j'appellerai..chloral. La composition..est calquée sur celle du mot éthal.]
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 316 The most certain method of obtaining chloral.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. vi. 182 I took a dose of hydrate of chloral in order to secure sleep.
1874 C. Schorlemmer Man. Chem. Carbon Compounds 146 Chloral hydrate..acts as a sedative and antispasmodic, producing anæsthesia and a quiet sleep.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 5 [She] destroyed her nerves with..chloral.
1885 Harper's Mag. Mar. 641/2 Devotees to the opium and chloral habit.
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chloˈralic adj. Chemistry of or pertaining to chloral.
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ˈchloralide n. Chemistry a crystalline compound formed by the action of sulphuric acid upon hydrate of chloral.
ˈchloralism n. Medicine ‘the morbid condition of system produced by the long-continued use of chloral hydrate’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by other agents
arsenicism1842
marsh-poisoning1842
strychnism1857
chloralism1879
vanillism1884
chloralization1885
thyroidism1897
mycetismus1900
mycetism1926
fluorosis1927
mycotoxicosis1948
neurotoxicity1949
1879 Sat. Rev. 5 July 13 Such magnitude has the disease produced by the hydrate attained that..Dr. Richardson has given it the name of chloralism.
ˌchloraliˈzation n. the pernicious action of chloral upon the system (figurative in quot. 1885).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by other agents
arsenicism1842
marsh-poisoning1842
strychnism1857
chloralism1879
vanillism1884
chloralization1885
thyroidism1897
mycetismus1900
mycetism1926
fluorosis1927
mycotoxicosis1948
neurotoxicity1949
1885 Sat. Rev. Jan. 102/1 War was a form of chloralization.
ˈchloralize v. to bring under the influence of chloral.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. > practise anaesthetization, pain-killing, etc. [verb (transitive)] > anaesthetize
stony1382
astonish1530
astone1543
stounda1617
etherize1847
letheonize1847
anaesthetize1848
apathize1848
chloroform1848
chloralize1878
chloroformize1880
to put under1889
1878 tr. R. Böhm in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XVII. 446 Small quantities of chloral are present in the urine of men who are chloralized.
ˈchloralized adj.
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1878 tr. R. Böhm in tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. XVII. 446 Hammarsten could find no chloroform in either the blood or the expired air of chloralized animals.
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